Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War / Thomas B. Allen ; featuring illustrations by Carla Bauer.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792278909
- ISBN: 9780792278900
- ISBN: 0545156637
- ISBN: 9780545156639
- Physical Description: 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
- Edition: Scholastic book club edition
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) 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.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 8 4 109699.
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Available copies
- 20 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansboro Branch Library | JB TUBMAN (Text) | 36015000888012 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
