Widely acknowledged as the definitive history of the era, Henry Mayer's National Book Award finalist biography of William Lloyd Garrison brings to life one of the most significant American abolitionists. Extensively researched and exquisitely nuanced, the political and social climate of Garrison's times and his achievements appear here in all their prophetic brilliance. Finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the J. Anthony Lucas Book Prize, winner of the Commonwealth Club Silver Prize for Nonfiction.

About the Author
Henry Mayer was a National Book Award finalist for All on Fire and is the author of A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic. He died in 2000.

Awards
Short-listed for National Book Award 1998.



Book Information
ISBN 9780393332360
Author Henry Mayer
Format Paperback
Page Count 770
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 1167g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 46mm