TY - BOOK AU - Douglass,Frederick AU - Johnson,Beth TI - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave T2 - The Townsend Library SN - 1591940192 AV - E449 .D749 2004 U1 - 362.92 PY - 2004/// CY - West Berlin, N.J. PB - Townsend Press KW - Douglass, Frederick, KW - Readers for new literates KW - High interest-low vocabulary books KW - Slaves KW - United States KW - Biography KW - African American abolitionists KW - Abolitionists N1 - "Each Townsend Library book has been carefully edited to maintain the original story while updating language and style for today's readers" -- Publisher N2 - "Frederick Douglass was born a slave, denied an education, and expected to work like a beast of the fields until the day he died. But Douglass's mind and spirit could not be imprisoned. As he secretly learned to read and write, Douglass looked ahead to the day he could escape the chains of slavery. Once free, he wrote this classic of American literature. It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horror and brutality of slavery." (Book Cover) ER -