Description: Drawing from a trove of new documents and sources as well as extensive genealogical research, Larson reveals Harriet Tubman as a complex woman--brilliant, shrewd, deeply religious, and passionate in her pursuit of freedom. High school & older.
Review Quotes: "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