{"product_id":"picturing-frederick-douglass-an-illustrated-biography-of-the-nineteenth-centurys-most-photographed-american-paperback","title":"Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCeleste-Marie Bernier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Stauffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZoe Trodd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass's birthday and featuring images discovered since its original publication in 2015, this \"tour de force\" (\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review) reintroduced Frederick Douglass to a twenty-first-century audience. From these pages--which include over 160 photographs of Douglass, as well as his previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics--we learn that neither Custer nor Twain, nor even Abraham Lincoln, was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century. Indeed, it was Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave-turned-abolitionist, eloquent orator, and seminal writer, who is canonized here as a leading pioneer in photography and a prescient theorist who believed in the explosive social power of what was then just an emerging art form. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. (a direct Douglass descendent)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e160 separate photographs of Douglass--many of which have never been publicly seen and were long lost to history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of contemporaneous artwork that shows how powerful Douglass's photographic legacy remains today, over a century after his death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAll Douglass's previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 12.3 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770478821664,"sku":"9781631494291","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a50ca0c965cd56eb901e001fcc604b28.webp?v=1780372581","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/picturing-frederick-douglass-an-illustrated-biography-of-the-nineteenth-centurys-most-photographed-american-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}