Booker T. Washington: Volume 1: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901

Louis R Harlan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:3rd Apr '75

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Booker T. Washington: Volume 1: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901 cover

A model biography, superbly researched and written . . . sure to (become) the last word on this stage of Washington's career for many years to come (History).

"If the second volume measures up to the first, Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington will be the best study we have of a black American. It already sets a standard unmatched for the penetration of obscure origins and elaborate myths."--C. Vann Woodward, The New Republic
"A model biography, superbly researched and written, and hauntingly evocative of the flawed man and his bitter times...sure to [be] the last word on this stage of Washington's career for many years to come."--History: Reviews of New Books
"Will stand as one of the significant American biographies of this generation. Harlan's style is easy and readable, his knowledge of the subject profound, his research seemingly exhaustive."--Journal of Southern History

  • Winner of Winner of the 1973 Bancroft Prize.

ISBN: 9780195019155

Dimensions: 214mm x 142mm x 26mm

Weight: 508g

400 pages