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Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Recounts Harriet Tubman's daring escape from slavery and her heroic efforts that brought three hundred African Americans to freedom through the Underground Railroad

Main Author: Petry, Ann Lane, 1911-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Harper Trophy, 1996.
Edition: 1st Harper Trophy ed.
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, > 1820?-1913 > Young adult nonfiction.
Slaves > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
African American women > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Underground railroad.
Summary: Recounts Harriet Tubman's daring escape from slavery and her heroic efforts that brought three hundred African Americans to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Item Description: Originally published: New York : Crowell, [1955].
Includes index.
Physical Description: 247 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 0064461815
Author Notes: Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on October 12, 1908. She received a degree in pharmacy from the University of Connecticut in 1931. After working in the family business for three years, she wrote for the Amsterdam News and later for other publications. From 1944 to 1946, she studied creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel, The Street, was published in 1946 and became the first novel by an African American to sell more than a million copies. Her other works include Country Place, The Narrows, The Drugstore Cat, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, and Tituba of Salem Village. She died on April 28, 1997 at the age of 88.

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