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ISBN: 9781478969990
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
O Magazine Pick of 25 Books Every Woman Should Read in Her Lifetime
A Washington Post Pick of Best Book Club Books
Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising, she was General Tubman. For the many slaves she led north to freedom, she was Moses. To the slaveholders who sought her capture, she was a thief and a trickster. To abolitionists, she was a prophet.
Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization.
"A thrilling reading experience. It expands outward from Tubman's individual story to give a sweeping, historical vision of slavery." --NPR's Fresh Air
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A wonderful blend of history and biography…reads like a novel…A triumph.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and New York Times bestselling author
“In historian
Clinton’s 2004 telling, Tubman comes alive on the page, and reminds us what
courage really means, whether fleeing to freedom, working as a ‘conductor’ for
the Underground Railroad or as a Union spy, or later in her life fighting
for women’s rights.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Clinton has an extraordinary knack of compressing complex history into an informing brief paragraph or a single sentence, making this ‘first full-scale biography’ of Tubman a revelation.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A thrilling reading experience. It expands outward from Tubman's individual story to give a sweeping, historical vision of slavery. —NPR's Fresh Air
Clinton's well-researched book reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend. —Liza Featherstone, Newsday
Superior. Clinton wisely keeps the focus on Tubman and her remarkable life...This compelling biography brings alive the passion of those tormented times. —Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
A lucid, well-researched biography that contextualizes a remarkable life in all its remarkable accomplishment. —Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Christian Science Monitor
Reads more like an adventure tale than a history lesson...This biography provides an in-depth look at Harriet Tubman and holds moments of wonder for readers. —Bernadette Adams Davis, BookPage
Author
Author Bio: Catherine Clinton
Catherine Clinton is the author of Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom and Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Educated at Harvard, Sussex, and Princeton, she is a member of the advisory committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and holds a chair in U.S. history at Queen’s University Belfast.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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