Reviews
"What a glorious book! Kate Clifford Larson's magnificent biography of the life of the real Harriet Tubman deserves the nation's attention. . . . With clarity, grace, and skill, Larson brilliantly captures the truly remarkable spirit of a genuine American heroine. We are all in Larson's debt." --DARLENE CLARK HINE Coauthor, A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America The Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study "An extraordinary achievement. Heroically researched, movingly written, it transforms a legend into a flesh-and-blood human being and brings a critical era in our history vividly to life." --JACQUELYN D. HALL Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Harriet Tubman's life as a warrior woman is elegantly captured in Kate Clifford Larson's riveting biography. . . . Bound for the Promised Land is the story of a legendary woman we thought we knew, but Larson's portrait is more focused, more complex, more satisfying." --BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities Professor, Women's Studies and English and Director, Spelman College From the Hardcover edition., "What a glorious book! Kate Clifford Larson's magnificent biography of the life of the real Harriet Tubman deserves the nation's attention. . . . With clarity, grace, and skill, Larson brilliantly captures the truly remarkable spirit of a genuine American heroine. We are all in Larson's debt." -DARLENE CLARK HINE Coauthor, A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America The Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study "An extraordinary achievement. Heroically researched, movingly written, it transforms a legend into a flesh-and-blood human being and brings a critical era in our history vividly to life." -JACQUELYN D. HALL Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Harriet Tubman's life as a warrior woman is elegantly captured in Kate Clifford Larson's riveting biography. . . . Bound for the Promised Land is the story of a legendary woman we thought we knew, but Larson's portrait is more focused, more complex, more satisfying." -BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities Professor, Women's Studies and English and Director, Spelman College From the Hardcover edition., "What a glorious book! Kate Clifford Larson's magnificent biography of the life of the real Harriet Tubman deserves the nation's attention. . . . With clarity, grace, and skill, Larson brilliantly captures the truly remarkable spirit of a genuine American heroine. We are all in Larson's debt." DARLENE CLARK HINE Coauthor, A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America The Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study "An extraordinary achievement. Heroically researched, movingly written, it transforms a legend into a flesh-and-blood human being and brings a critical era in our history vividly to life." JACQUELYN D. HALL Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Harriet Tubman's life as a warrior woman is elegantly captured in Kate Clifford Larson's riveting biography. . . . Bound for the Promised Land is the story of a legendary woman we thought we knew, but Larson's portrait is more focused, more complex, more satisfying." BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities Professor, Women's Studies and English and Director, Spelman College From the Hardcover edition., "What a glorious book! Kate Clifford Larson's magnificent biography of the life of the real Harriet Tubman deserves the nation's attention. . . . With clarity, grace, and skill, Larson brilliantly captures the truly remarkable spirit of a genuine American heroine. We are all in Larson's debt." -DARLENE CLARK HINE Coauthor,A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America The Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study "An extraordinary achievement. Heroically researched, movingly written, it transforms a legend into a flesh-and-blood human being and brings a critical era in our history vividly to life." -JACQUELYN D. HALL Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Harriet Tubman's life as a warrior woman is elegantly captured in Kate Clifford Larson's riveting biography. . . .Bound for the Promised Landis the story of a legendary woman we thought we knew, but Larson's portrait is more focused, more complex, more satisfying." -BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Author ofGender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities Professor, Women's Studies and English and Director, Spelman College, "What a glorious book! Kate Clifford Larson's magnificent biography of the life of the real Harriet Tubman deserves the nation's attention. . . . With clarity, grace, and skill, Larson brilliantly captures the truly remarkable spirit of a genuine American heroine. We are all in Larson's debt." -DARLENE CLARK HINE Coauthor,A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America The Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study "An extraordinary achievement. Heroically researched, movingly written, it transforms a legend into a flesh-and-blood human being and brings a critical era in our history vividly to life." -JACQUELYN D. HALL Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Harriet Tubman's life as a warrior woman is elegantly captured in Kate Clifford Larson's riveting biography. . . .Bound for the Promised Landis the story of a legendary woman we thought we knew, but Larson's portrait is more focused, more complex, more satisfying." -BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Author ofGender Talk: The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities Professor, Women's Studies and English and Director, Spelman College From the Hardcover edition.
