Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman

Title:

Harriet Tubman

Author:

Sawyer, Kem Knapp, author.

Series:

DK biography.

Summary:

An illustrated exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that covers her childhood, experiences as a slave, escape to freedom, work on the Underground Railroad, antislavery activism, and other topics.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Physical Description:

128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Personal Subject:

Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Fugitive slaves -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Publication Date:

2010

ISBN:

9780756658076

9780756658069

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, 2010.

Call Number:

J 920 TUBMAN

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002317942	Juvenile Nonfiction	920 TUBMAN	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Author Notes

Kem Knapp Sawyer is the author of DK Biography: Anne Frank and DK Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt , also in the DK Biography series. She has written several books for children, including Freedom Calls: Journey of a Slave Girl .

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 6-9-Sawyer follows Tubman from a humble enslaved childhood to her adult life as a free woman and as a guide to lead others to freedom. Along the way, readers gain an appreciation for her brave and extraordinary actions as an abolitionist. In an age when many of her compatriots were treated as chattel, Tubman owned land, rubbed shoulders with the rich and powerful, and openly challenged the institution of slavery. Containing a wealth of photographs and illustrations, this attractive biography provides good general background information, helpful definitions, engaging sidebars, and a visual time line.-Tracy H. Chrenka, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.