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A most perilous world : the true story of the young abolitionists and their crusade against slavery / Kristina R. Gaddy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Dutton Books, 2025.Description: 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780593855522
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.7/114/0922 B 23
LOC classification:
  • E449 .G18 2025
Summary: "Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America's tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Gaddy crafts a surprisingly contemporary braided coming-of-age narrative, supported by meticulous research and featuring dozens of primary documents. Each of these four young people-two white, two Black-was strongly committed to the anti-slavery cause but felt just as keenly a need to make their own names, away from the often over-protective or disapproving shadows of the famous adults in their lives. This is a true story of how a torch of resistance is passed and how a new generation makes its mark"-- Provided by publisher.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library BIOGRAPHY 921/GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500061776

Includes bibliographical references and index.

School Library Journal starred, June 2025

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"Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America's tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Gaddy crafts a surprisingly contemporary braided coming-of-age narrative, supported by meticulous research and featuring dozens of primary documents. Each of these four young people-two white, two Black-was strongly committed to the anti-slavery cause but felt just as keenly a need to make their own names, away from the often over-protective or disapproving shadows of the famous adults in their lives. This is a true story of how a torch of resistance is passed and how a new generation makes its mark"-- Provided by publisher.

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