William S. McFeely is Abraham Baldwin Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen; Grant: A Biography, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Parkman Prize; Frederick Douglass, which received the Lincoln Prize; Sapelo's People: A Long Walk into Freedom; and Proximity to Death.
"""A detailed, finely written portrait of the imposing 19th-century leader."" -- David Levering Lewis - The New York Times Book Review ""Stunning... This illuminating portrait dispenses with the myths."" -- Financial Times ""Absolutely nonpareil…"" -- Nell Irvin Painter - The Boston Globe ""Compelling... Suggests that the Age of Douglass was this nation’s greatest epoch... What a time. What a book."" -- Los Angeles Times"