Drinker, F: Booker T. Washington, the Master Mind of a Child

Excerpt from Booker T. Washington, the Master Mind of a Child of Slavery: An Appealing Life Story Rivaling in Its Picturesque Simplicity and Power Those Recounted About the Lives of Washington and Lincoln; A Biographical Tale Destined to Live in History and Furnish an Inspiration for PresentDr. Washington has contributed much to the literature of the age, telling the story of his struggles and ambitions in a characteristic, simple, straightforward and effective manner, and the world is better for his works. But his very simplicity and the utter unselfishness which his humble life and training produced made it impossible for him to stand without and view himself with justice.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.