Comments on: Giants: Douglass and Lincoln | John Stauffer http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:07:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mpb http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4545 mpb Mon, 18 May 2009 13:06:46 +0000 http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/#comment-4545 I haven't read it, but I think <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393330656?ie=UTF8&tag=trailersnobs-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0393330656" rel="nofollow">The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics</a> </i> might be what you're looking for. Where <I>Giants</I> was more concerned with the personal lives of Douglass and Lincoln, this book is focused on their interactions with regards to abolition. I haven’t read it, but I think The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics might be what you’re looking for. Where Giants was more concerned with the personal lives of Douglass and Lincoln, this book is focused on their interactions with regards to abolition.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4543 Andrew Sun, 17 May 2009 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/#comment-4543 Does anyone who might look at this know if anywhere in the book it talks directly about how Douglass influenced Lincoln? Especially on the topic of slavery abolition? Does anyone who might look at this know if anywhere in the book it talks directly about how Douglass influenced Lincoln? Especially on the topic of slavery abolition?

]]> By: Herbert L. Calhoun http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2761 Herbert L. Calhoun Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:20:25 +0000 http://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/giants-frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-john-stauffer-review/#comment-2761 Mike, Couldn't agree more. In many ways it was the worse of both worlds: In trying to "force parallels" between the two, a great deal was left out of the lives of both. It was an interesting try, but ultimately an overall mediocre effort. This, in the end was a lot less than the sum of the parts, but who else noticed? Mike,

Couldn’t agree more. In many ways it was the worse of both worlds: In trying to “force parallels” between the two, a great deal was left out of the lives of both. It was an interesting try, but ultimately an overall mediocre effort. This, in the end was a lot less than the sum of the parts, but who else noticed?

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