Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

A dual biography of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: two preeminent self-made men of their times, who, in reinventing themselves, transformed a nation.

"A perfect starting place for those [with an] interest in two of American history's most important figures." —Washinton Post

Abraham Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president. Frederick Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal sch...