Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War / written by Thomas B. Allen ; with illustrations by Carla Bauer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792278895 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780792278894 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0792278909 (library binding)
- ISBN: 9780792278900 (library binding)
- ISBN: 1426301103 (Scholastic Book Club edition)
- ISBN: 9781426301100 (Scholastic Book Club edition)
- Physical Description: 191 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : Black Moses -- The conductor -- The general -- Harriet's first battle -- Into the secret war -- Black dispatches -- Black spies of river and sea -- Enlisting soldiers and spies -- General Moses leads a raid -- Epilogue : finding the secrets. |
Summary, etc.: | Provides a biography of this courageous ex-slave who worked to establish the Underground Railroad, became a Union Army spy, and helped more than seven hundred slaves find their way to freedom in the North. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | JB TUBMAN (Text) | 36123107477612 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
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