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Harriet Tubman : the life and the life stories / Jean M. Humez.
LIBRA Rare E444.T82 H86 2003 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humez, Jean McMahon, 1944-
- Series:
- Wisconsin studies in autobiography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
- Tubman, Harriet.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Women and literature.
- United States.
- African American women--Biography.
- African American women.
- Underground Railroad.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--History and criticism.
- Biography.
- African American women--Biography--History and criticism.
- Autobiography--African American authors.
- Autobiography.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Autobiography--Women authors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 471 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Part 1. The Life.The slavery years; The underground railroad years; The war years; The postwar years in Auburn; The later years; Coping with poverty
- Part 2. The Life Stories. Harriet Tubman's practices as a life-storyteller; Reading the core stories for Harriet Tubman's own perspective
- Part 3. Stories and Sayings
- Part 4. Documents.
- Notes:
- "Cover design: Mike Jaynes."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-441) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0299191206
- 0299191249
- OCLC:
- 51886265
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