Harriet Tubman: A Portrait of an American Hero and Her Journey to the Promised Land

Amazon Customer: I'm an author of fantasy novels, and my current work in progress is a reimagining of the life of Harriet Tubman. I purchased this book in eBook and hardback as a resource for my novel. I haven't been this pleased with a reference book in a long time. Larsen has done an amazing job being a true historian with pieces together documented facts of Tubman's life. She organizes, what had to be thousands of primary and secondary resource materials, in an accessible, enjoyable read. I've learned so much about Tubman that I did not know, much of which most people probably do not know either. This is basically my bible for my own book.

United States on Mar 04, 2023

Sheila: There’s a story in this miraculous book, one of countless numbers of stories, of Harriet Tubman’s brush with some characters who claim to have stashed a chest of gold stolen from the south.
This book is rich with much more than gold. Many children’s books, young adult novels and fictionalized accounts of Tubman’s life have been written and will probably continue to appear. If they do, they ought to all refer to this definitive study of a true American hero, or, as Maya Angelou would say, shero. Enough said. I strongly encourage you to take the time to read it.

United States on Dec 15, 2021

Bookaunt: I can't say enough good things about this book. What I did not realize about this author until just now when I was looking for her biography was that she was a consultant for the movie Harriet, which I loved so much I bought it and that is what lead me to looking for a book about Harriet so I could learn more about her. This book did not disappoint in that matter. I liked how the author not only told more about Harriet but she also told about her family and other families that lived around where she did that she helped. This woman went through so much in her life but she always continued to help others before thinking of herself. This book is a must read in my opinion. Well done.

United States on Sep 02, 2020

EdnaBucketEatingChocolate: An excellent well written biography.

United Kingdom on Mar 15, 2020

H. Lynn Turner: An amazing woman! Wonderful book

Canada on Mar 28, 2017

Clem: What do we really know about the woman who will soon grace the twenty-dollar bill? Sadly, we really don’t know much at all. One of the many heartbreaking consequences of slavery is not only the fact that human beings spent their entire lives in bondage, but that history tells us almost nothing about these people. As the author so crudely (yet accurately) tells us, slaves were basically treated like horses. No records of birth nor death in many instances. Individuals were loaned out when others needed them and/or finances were particularly tough for an owner, and thought was rarely given to splitting up families. Just like horses or other livestock.

So it shouldn’t really be surprising that Harriet Tubman’s life has been passed down as more myth than accurate history. We simply don’t know many details. The author is very forthright in these matters. She takes meticulous care in explaining to the reader that one must do a lot of speculating when writing about such a person as Harriet Tubman. In fact, one could argue that she is forced to “fill many of the pages” with what we <I>do</I> know around slavery in order to get a more accurate picture. There...

United States on Jun 25, 2016

Marilyn Hay: This is an interesting historical record/account of the life and activities of this extraordinary woman. The book shines a light on those years before the Civil War in particular, and how slaves yearned for freedom despite what the owners would have the public believe. Breaks my heart how badly so very many people were treated: brutalized, treated as less than human, families split and members sold away. I wish this dark history truly was in the past but the racism of today, the systemic racism of our society, the new slavery of our private prisons in the US ... we still have a very long way to go. We need to push harder for justice for all, a lot harder. I'm glad Harriet Tubman has been chosen for the $20 and wish her life story could be mandatory reading.

United States on Apr 28, 2016

Yo mismo: Vamos a ver... No es una novela sino un libro de historia. Es decir, incluye un montón de detalles que no siempre parecen interesantes, y a veces te da la impresión de que hay personajes que aparecen no se sabe de donde, o que desaparecen sin aviso previo... Pero está muy bien.

Harriet Tubman es un personaje que los americanos conocen durante su educación, pero que en España no ha tenido difusión. Y merece la pena conocerla.

Spain on Sep 12, 2015

P Simpson-Little: good

United Kingdom on Jan 01, 2015