{"product_id":"the-portable-frederick-douglass-9780143106814","title":"The Portable Frederick Douglass","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian John Stauffer, \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Frederick Douglass \u003c\/i\u003eincludes the full range of Douglass's works: the complete \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as extracts from \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife and Times of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Heroic Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the first works of African American fiction; the brilliant speeches that launched his political career and that constitute the greatest oratory of the Civil War era; and his journalism, which ranges from cultural and political critique (including his early support for women's equality) to law, history, philosophy, literature, art, and international affairs, including a never-before-published essay on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Frederick Douglass \u003c\/i\u003eis the latest addition in a series of African American classics curated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. First published in 2008, the series reflects a selection of great works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by African and African American authors introduced and annotated by leading scholars and acclaimed writers in new or updated editions for Penguin Classics. In his series essay, \"What Is an African American Classic?\" Gates provides a broader view of the canon of classics of African American literature available from Penguin Classics and beyond. Gates writes, \"These texts reveal the human universal through the African American particular: all true art, all classics do this; this is what 'art' is, a revelation of that which makes each of us sublimely human, rendered in the minute details of the actions and thoughts and feelings of a compelling character embedded in a time and place.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-397979\"\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143106814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143106813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002000\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO032000\"\u003eSocial Activists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass \u003c\/b\u003e(1818-1895) was an antislavery lecturer, a journalist, a publisher, and the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, followed by \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife and Times of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Stauffer \u003c\/b\u003e(editor)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of literature and African American studies and chair of the History of American Civilization program at Harvard. His eight books include \u003ci\u003eThe Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eState of Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45798521634991,"sku":"9780143106814","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_9bb8b1c2-6870-43f8-820c-1a787b5f20e1.jpg?v=1755664485","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/the-portable-frederick-douglass-9780143106814","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}