Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero (Many Cultures, One World) - Softcover

Larson, Kate Clifford Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345456289 ISBN 13: 9780345456281

Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 2004

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Book by Larson Kate Clifford

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"Compelling . . . memorable . . . Tubman [takes] her rightful place as a visionary and a selfless leader."--USA Today

"It is a risky business to tamper with a national icon and trickier still to convey the full dimension of the individual behind the legend. But Kate Clifford Larson has accomplished both in her brilliant biography."--Smithsonian Magazine

"Epic . . . written with passion for the subject and meticulous attention to detail . . . [Larson's] book is nothing less than an encyclopedic chronicle of a rip-roaring American adventure."--The San Antonio Express-News

"Skillfully written . . . Larson's book includes several maps that help readers understand the workings of the Underground Railroad. . . . Larson present[s] a richly drawn portrait of Tubman as a deeply spiritual woman, a 'Moses' and 'Joan of Ark' as contemporaries were wont to describe her."--The Charlotte Observer

"An engrossing biography of an extraordinary woman."--Green Bay Press-Gazette

"Mesmerizing and exceedingly well-documented . . . As Larson recounts in absorbing incident after absorbing incident, the brilliant Harriet Tubman was courageous, witty, and as determined as a body could be."--Bay State Banner

"Historian Kate Clifford Larson gives Tubman the powerful, intimate, meticulously detailed life she deserves." --The Herald American

"A marvel of impressive scholarship and lucid prose."--The Seattle Times

"Although Tubman's life story has been told before, it has never been told in such a comprehensive way."--(Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News

"Larson's thorough and readable effort is a must for armchair historians who haven't looked at Tubman in a while, if ever."--Cape Cod Times

Reseña del editor

A definitive biography of Harriet Tubman draws on extensive genealogical resources and new archives and materials to capture the complex life and personality of an important historical figure--fugitive slave, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and Civil War spy, nurse, and soldier--revealing her personal life, accomplishments, and influence. Reprint. 14,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0345456289
• ISBN 13: 9780345456281
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 440