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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

Frederick Douglass : the lion who wrote history / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper. - First edition. - New York : Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017. - 40 pages; color illustration; 32 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

Grades K to 3.

ISBN: 9780060277093 0060277092

LCCN: 2014041206

Subjects--Personal Names:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800 - 1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--United States --Biography --Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists--United States --Biography --Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists--Biography --Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements--History --United States --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History --19th century --Juvenile literature.
Literacy--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
History.

LC Class. No.: E449.D75 / M96 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 973.8092 B