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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom Audiobook
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The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" (Newsday).
Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization.
"In the first major biography of Harriet Tubman in more than 100 years, we see the heroine of children's books and biopics with a new clarity and richness of detail." --Lev Grossman, Time
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“In historianClinton’s 2004 telling, Tubman comes alive on the page, and reminds us whatcourage really means, whether fleeing to freedom, working as a ‘conductor’ forthe Underground Railroad or as a Union spy, or later in her life fightingfor women’s rights.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine
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A thrilling reading experience. It expands outward from Tubman's individual story to give a sweeping, historical vision of slavery.
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Clinton's well-researched book reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend.
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Superior. Clinton wisely keeps the focus on Tubman and her remarkable life...This compelling biography brings alive the passion of those tormented times.
— Deirdre Donahue, USA Today -
A lucid, well-researched biography that contextualizes a remarkable life in all its remarkable accomplishment.
— Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Christian Science Monitor -
Reads more like an adventure tale than a history lesson...This biography provides an in-depth look at Harriet Tubman and holds moments of wonder for readers.
— Bernadette Adams Davis, BookPage -
“A wonderful blend of history and biography…reads like a novel…A triumph.”
— Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and New York Times bestselling author -
“Clinton has an extraordinary knack of compressing complex history into an informing brief paragraph or a single sentence, making this ‘first full-scale biography’ of Tubman a revelation.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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O Magazine Pick of 25 Books Every Woman Should Read in Her Lifetime
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A Washington Post Pick of Best Book Club Books
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About Catherine Clinton
Catherine Clinton is the author of Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom and Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Educated at Harvard, Sussex, and Princeton, she is a member of the advisory committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and holds a chair in U.S. history at Queen’s University Belfast.
About Nicole Small
Nicole Small (a.k.a. Shayna Small) is an actress/singer born and raised in Chicago. In the middle of her freshman year of high school she relocated to Baltimore to attend a performing arts school. She holds a BFA in drama at the Juilliard School. Her theater credits include Hurt Village and The Threepenny Opera.