The Tubman command : a novel
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Harriet Tubman was a scout for the union army and led a successful raid up the Combahee River in South Carolina that freed 750 men, women, and children. This is the historical novel of her heroic raid.
It's May 1863. Out-generaled and out-gunned, a demoralized Union Army has pulled back with massive losses at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Fort Sumter, hated symbol of the Rebellion, taunts the American navy with its artillery and underwater mines. In Beaufort, South Carolina, one very special woman, code named Moses, is hatching a spectacular plan. Hunted by Confederates, revered by slaves, Harriet Tubman plots an expedition behind enemy lines to liberate hundreds of bondsmen and recruit them as soldiers. A bounty on her head, she has given up husband and home for the noblest cause: a nation of, by, and for the people. The Tubman Command tells the story of Tubman at the height of her powers, when she devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War. General David Hunter places her in charge of a team of black scouts even though skeptical of what one woman can accomplish. For her gamble to succeed, "Moses" must outwit alligators, overseers, slave catchers, sharpshooters, and even hostile Union soldiers to lead gunships up the Combahee River. Men stand in her way at every turn--though one reminds her that love shouldn't have to be the price of freedom.
It's May 1863. Out-generaled and out-gunned, a demoralized Union Army has pulled back with massive losses at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Fort Sumter, hated symbol of the Rebellion, taunts the American navy with its artillery and underwater mines. In Beaufort, South Carolina, one very special woman, code named Moses, is hatching a spectacular plan. Hunted by Confederates, revered by slaves, Harriet Tubman plots an expedition behind enemy lines to liberate hundreds of bondsmen and recruit them as soldiers. A bounty on her head, she has given up husband and home for the noblest cause: a nation of, by, and for the people. The Tubman Command tells the story of Tubman at the height of her powers, when she devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War. General David Hunter places her in charge of a team of black scouts even though skeptical of what one woman can accomplish. For her gamble to succeed, "Moses" must outwit alligators, overseers, slave catchers, sharpshooters, and even hostile Union soldiers to lead gunships up the Combahee River. Men stand in her way at every turn--though one reminds her that love shouldn't have to be the price of freedom.
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- 8 of 8 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 8 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Bronxville Public Library | FICTION COBBS (Text) Fiction |
31004151705329 |
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| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | COBBS (Text) Fiction |
31007151355649 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | COBBS, ELIZABETH (Text) Fiction |
31016151674354 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | COBBS HOFFMAN (Text) Fiction |
31014152805895 |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | FICTION COBBS (Text) Fiction |
31018155269470 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | COBBS (Text) Fiction |
31019156237250 |
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| The Field Library | COBBS, E. (Text) Fiction |
31022152122427 |
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| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035604020478 |
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