This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the...

Blima Weisstuch and her husband's life experiences in Poland during the Holocaust from 1936 to 1947. This story is taken from a longer work, My Mother's Shoes, written by Blima's daughter, Shirley Russak Wachtel

"Sam Brooks and his younger sister, Sara, have suddenly found themselves lost in a vast mountain wilderness. Sam has never thought of himself as brave. After all, just last week, two neighborhood bullies made a fool out of him. And before that, his stepfather used to kick him around. But now, darkness has fallen and the woods are alive with terrifying dangers that Sam has never had to face before. He has no choice--Sam must be beyond brave if he and...