{"product_id":"picturing-frederick-douglass-an-illustrated-biography-of-the-nineteenth-centurys-most-photographed-american-9781631494291","title":"Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American","description":"Commemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass's birthday and featuring images discovered since its original publication in 2015, this \"tour de force\" (\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review) reintroduced Frederick Douglass to a twenty-first-century audience. From these pages--which include over 160 photographs of Douglass, as well as his previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics--we learn that neither Custer nor Twain, nor even Abraham Lincoln, was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century. Indeed, it was Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave-turned-abolitionist, eloquent orator, and seminal writer, who is canonized here as a leading pioneer in photography and a prescient theorist who believed in the explosive social power of what was then just an emerging art form. \u003cp\u003eFeaturing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. (a direct Douglass descendent)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e160 separate photographs of Douglass--many of which have never been publicly seen and were long lost to history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of contemporaneous artwork that shows how powerful Douglass's photographic legacy remains today, over a century after his death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAll Douglass's previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernier, Celeste-Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCeleste-Marie Bernier\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of African American studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStauffer, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Stauffer\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of English, American studies, and African American studies at Harvard University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrodd, Zoe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eZoe Trodd\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor and chair of American literature in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505913729298,"sku":"9781631494291","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06fa3a57-34ef-4d0d-9f67-bc0be6c69438.jpg?v=1730844553","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/picturing-frederick-douglass-an-illustrated-biography-of-the-nineteenth-centurys-most-photographed-american-9781631494291","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}