Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent and the TwitterPeek

I had no idea that National Geographic publishes so many books with African-American themes. I was thrilled to received several books to review and will be posting my reviews now through the beginning of the year.  Today I am posting my review of Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent, Also look for thorough reviews of 500 Miles to Freedom, Students on Strike, The Ground-breaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver, Ain’t Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry and Liberty or Death.

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I am currently reviewing the TwitterPeek. Look for a review next week during Books and Tech Wednesday.

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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War by Thomas B. Allen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Children grow up learning about the miraculous journeys Harriet Tubman took time and time again to the south to rescue slaves, but as children grow older they need to understand more about her life aside from her keen ability to evade captors and living up to her reputation as the “Moses of her people”.

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent is a phenomenal book to help introduce your children to Harriet Tubman as a historic person who changed the course of our country’s history instead of simply a character who is only important during Black History Month. This book takes children into the depths of the Civil War and helps them understand the historic situation that culminated to pop off the War Between the States.

I was especially thrilled to see historic context in this book such as the professional and abolitionist relationship Harriet Tubman shared with key Civil War figures such as John Brown and Frederick Douglass.

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent, also imparts how skilled Harriet was as a spy for the north during the Civil War and explains how essential she was to the victory of the Union.

I like that this book utilizes maps and real photographs to ensure the historic implications of Harriet Tubman is adequately felt by the reader. For children who love history and for those who need a lesson on Harriet Tubman in more than a one-dimensional fashion, this book provides exceptional material for both.

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