A review by maxwelldemay
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

3 / 4 : Read!
NON-FICTION
[Celebrated abolitionist Frederick Douglass speaks on his years raised in brutal bondage]

Eyes necessarily razor-sharp to the many hydra heads of human cruelty, Douglass lays bare the institution of slavery, which, in the halls of American education, is sometimes treated less than unsparingly.

For all these books nowadays purporting to be about how good books are, Douglass's memoir makes the simplest and most profound case for reading.

I listened to a narration by Jim Hodges