A review by ljrinaldi
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom by David F. Walker
4.0
What graphic novels do best, is open literature and ideas up to a wider audience, an audience that might never pick up a book that was filled with just words alone. Graphic novels may have an easier entry point, but they can and have in the past 30 years or so that they have become popular, been able to tell stories that would not work in a simple print medium.
In his lifetime, Frederick Douglass his autobiography three different times, in three different books. He knew the power of words, and wrote his first autobiography because no one believed he was an escaped slave, that no slave could speak so eloquently, or write so well.
According to this retelling of Mr. Douglass's life, he was the most photographed American man of the 19th century. That there are more pictures of him, than of Abraham Lincoln, a contemporary.
The graphic novel is written as though it is being told in Mr. Douglass's voice, which gets us closer to the subject.
I knew a little bit about Frederick Douglass before I read this, but didn't know that he knew Sojourner Truth, or Herriat Tubman. I did not know that he worked with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for women's right to vote, as he worked for black men to have the right to vote.
Very informative story, very well written and researched. A great starting point to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Frederick Douglass.
Thanks to Ten Speed Press and Penguin Random House for making this free review book available for an honest review.
In his lifetime, Frederick Douglass his autobiography three different times, in three different books. He knew the power of words, and wrote his first autobiography because no one believed he was an escaped slave, that no slave could speak so eloquently, or write so well.
According to this retelling of Mr. Douglass's life, he was the most photographed American man of the 19th century. That there are more pictures of him, than of Abraham Lincoln, a contemporary.
The graphic novel is written as though it is being told in Mr. Douglass's voice, which gets us closer to the subject.
I knew a little bit about Frederick Douglass before I read this, but didn't know that he knew Sojourner Truth, or Herriat Tubman. I did not know that he worked with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for women's right to vote, as he worked for black men to have the right to vote.
Very informative story, very well written and researched. A great starting point to anyone who is interested in knowing more about Frederick Douglass.
Thanks to Ten Speed Press and Penguin Random House for making this free review book available for an honest review.