Harriet and the Promised Land / Jacob Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000.

Contributor:

Chomowicz, Lucille, designer.

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

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913--Juvenile poetry.

Tubman, Harriet.

Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913--Poetry.

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile poetry.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Biography--Juvenile poetry.

African Americans.

Underground Railroad--Juvenile poetry.

Underground Railroad.

Children's poetry, American.

African Americans--Biography--Poetry.

Women--Biography--Poetry.

Enslaved persons--Poetry.

United States.

Genre:

Children's poetry, American.

Juvenile works.

Poetry.

Biographies -- 1993.

Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1993.

Biography.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 (autograph) (Banks Collection copy 1)

Physical Description:

[34] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers published by Simon & Schuster, [1993].

Summary:

A brief biography in verse about Harriet Tubman and her dedicated efforts to lead her fellow slaves to freedom.

Notes:

"First Simon & Schuster edition 1993."

"Designed by Lucille Chomowicz."

"The text of this book is set in 16 point Trajanus."

A New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copies 1 & 2: dustjackets retained.

Banks Collection copy 1 has autograph of Jacob Lawrence.

Other Format:

Online version: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000. Harriet and the Promised Land.

ISBN:

0671866737 :

9780671866730

OCLC:

26858273