Bound for the Promised Land : Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero / Kate Clifford Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Kate Clifford.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.

Tubman, Harriet.

Underground Railroad.

Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.

Fugitive slaves.

United States.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 402 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, genealogical tables ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Distribution:

New York : Published by The Random House Publishing Group.

Other Title:

Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books, 2004.

Summary:

In this long-overdue book--the first biography of Harriet Tubman in over half a century--historian Kate Clifford Larson presents the real woman behind the popular myths.

Contents:

Life on the Chesapeake in Black and White

Sweet Gum and Prickly Burrs: The Changing World of the Eastern Shore

"Devilish" Mistresses and Harsh Masters: Black Family Life Under the Lash

"Shadow of a Voice in the Talking Leaves": The Hidden World of Black Communication

"Mean to be Free": The Fragile Light of Liberty

All for the Love of Family

The Stampede of Slaves

Moses meets John Brown

Fractured Family

It was Raining Blood: Harriet Tubman's Civil War

A Hero is Remembered

Myth and Memory

Mother Tubman, the Black Joan of Arc.

Notes:

"First Edition: January 2004."

"Maps by William L. Nelson, Accomac, Va."

"Book design by Barbara M. Bachman."

"Jacket design by Dreu Pennington-McNeil."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has comparison chart of 4 Harriet Tubman biographies, a newspaper article on the Underground Railroad, 3 advertisements for Harriet Tubman tours, and a figure cut from the advertisements laid in.

ISBN:

0345456270 :

OCLC:

53959428