Harriet Tubman : a reference guide to her life and works

Summary: "Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works captures her life, her works, and legacy. It features a chronology, an introduction offers a brief account of her life, a dictionary section includes entries on people, places, and events related to her. A comprehensive bibliography offers a list of works about her life"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781538113561 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1538113562 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 225 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Maps of Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad routes -- Genealogy of the Ross family -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendixes. Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad rescue missions -- Anthony Thompson's inventory of slaves, recorded by Dr. Anthony C. Thompson, January 1839 -- Famous Harriet Tubman quotes and speech fragments -- Earliest published interviews and biographical essays about Harriet Tubman -- Underground Railroad myths -- Myths about Harriet Tubman.