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Reviewed on August 31, 2018 | Nonfiction
Following a move to Maryland's Eastern Shore in the 1960s after covering the Kennedy administration for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain, journalist and historian Preston embarked on "historical detective work," unearthing hidden documents in local courthouses and archives to confirm the most intimate details of the autobiographical writings of reformist leader Frederick Douglass. Preston separates his book into two parts, "A Boy Named Freder...Log In or Sign Up to Read More