Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 2: 1860-89. Assistant editors, Pete Daniel, Stuart B. Kaufman, Raymond W. Smock, and William M. Welty [Hardcover]

Booker T Washington (Author), Pete R. Daniel (Author), Louis R Harlan (Author)

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• Hardcover: 597 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (October 1, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252002431
• ISBN-13: 978-0252002434
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,397,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This volume is like a trip in time!, August 17, 1997

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This review is from: Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 2: 1860-89. Assistant editors, Pete Daniel, Stuart B. Kaufman, Raymond W. Smock, and William M. Welty (Hardcover)

Booker T. leaps off the pages of this dusty volume and he is a living breathing person. His charisma and energy left me exhausted. One day he is making bricks for his college, the next he is touring New England to raise funds. His wives and friends die of exhaustion around him.
I read this book by mistake. I thought it was an assignment for a class(the actual assignment was a thin biography). I took this thick and dusty volume full of footnotes on vacation to the mountains. I decided to skim it and avoid the footnotes. After the first chapter, I read every footnote and the entire volume. These are Booker's journal entries and personal papers. He literally steps out of the pages and you are totally emersed in the beginnings of Tuckaseegee and every aspect of his life. He makes the time and place as real as if you were there. I actually became exhausted by his energy and the mountain of activities he was engaged in at the time. Prior to reading this book, I was not interested in him at all. After reading it, I think he is one of history's underrated characters. This is perhaps one of the most fascinating journals I have ever read on the art of leadership.