Daily Archives: October 9, 2020

A Good Drive Spoiled

I do not want to give the impression that I do not like golf. To be sure, there are some people who are perhaps too fond of the sport, and still others who greatly dislike it and would make fun … Continue reading

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Book Review: My Bondage And My Freedom

My Bondage And My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass If this book is better than the third autobiography by the author, it is not quite as good as the second. If the first autobiography found him firmly in the orbit of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass This book is a very short work, and the version I had came out to less than 100 pages. In reading this book I was struck by the fact that … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass

The Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass This is the third and longest of the autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and it raises some interesting questions for the reader. Like Leaves of Grass, Whitman’s sprawling poetic opus, this … Continue reading

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