Dear Father...Letters to Frederick Douglass from his Children

DEAR FATHER is a heart warming account of the relationship that the great Abolitionist & Civil Rights Activist Frederick Douglass enjoyed with his four children Rosetta, Lewis, Frederick Jr. & Charles. Through letters spanning the period between 1859 & 1894, DEAR FATHER draws the reader into triumphs & tragedies of Black Americans before, during & after the Civil War Era. In poignant detail, it unlocks the fear & concerns of the Douglass children. Unlike reading about Civil War times from watered down, distilled, text-book version or from a historian's or biographer's second-hand perspective, DEAR FATHER gives readers a first-hand, up-close account of the political, social & economical variables surrounding the war, reconstruction & Blacks as told in the very own words of the Douglass children. You'll read about their hopes & aspirations & how they felt about their father's war involvement & status as a revered orator & Abolitionist. It's inspirational reading for today's youth & adults especially in the midst of the prevailing drug wars, crime & breakdown in family structure affecting our communities. The Biblical words of Solomon "Train up a child in the way he should go & when he is old he will not depart from it" is so dramatically illustrated in the relationship between Douglass & his children. DEAR FATHER reveals devotion, love, honor & respect for their father. Not because of his great status or striking reputation , but because of who he was...a dear father.Cooper, Mark A. is the author of 'Dear Father...Letters to Frederick Douglass from his Children' with ISBN 9780318684291 and ISBN 0318684292.