Download or read book The Essential Frederick Douglas (an African American Heritage Book) written by Frederick Douglass and published by Wilder Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected in one omnibus edition are Frederick Douglass' essential writings. Included here are all three of his landmark biographies: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom, and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; his only work of fiction, "The Heroic Slave"; as well as his magazine articles and selected public addresses. There are almost a half a million words included in this massive edition. Now, through his own words, you can truly get a sense of the man and the legend that was Frederick Douglass.