Kate Clifford Larson has spent years researching the life and times of Harriet Tubman. She earned her doctorate at the history department of the University of New Hampshire. A graduate of Simmons College and Northeastern University, Larson has won numerous academic awards and fellowships in support of her work. This is her first book. She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.
“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
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