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Author:
Yellin, Jean Fagan.
Title:
Harriet Jacobs : a life / Jean Fagan Yellin.
Publisher:
Basic Civitas Books,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
xxi, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Jacobs, Harriet A--Harriet Ann--1813-1897
Jacobs, Harriet A--Harriet Ann--1813-1897.
African American women authors--Biography
African American women authors--Biography.
African American women social reformers--Biography.
Reformers--Biography
Women slaves--United States--Biography.
Slaves--United States--Biography
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-376) and index.
Summary:
Chronicles the life of Harriet Jacobs, author of the 1861 slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", discussing Harriet's escape from slavery, harassment by her former owner, attempts to establish a school for black refugees behind Union lines, and other related topics.
Indexed by:
Booklist starred.
Publisher's Weekly.
Kirkus Starred.
ISBN:
0465092888 (hardcover)
9780465092888 (hardcover)
Locations:
O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)
AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)
AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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