Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History

by Milton C. Sernett

Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History tells the fascinating story of Tubman's life as an American icon. The distinguished historian Milton C. Sernett compares the larger-than-life symbolic Tubman with the actual "historical" Tubman. He does so not to diminish Tubman's achievements but rather to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822340739
• ISBN13: 9780822340737
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"