"The Tubman Command" takes place in South Carolina, May 1863. It centers around Harriet Tubman, commander, military strategist and survivor who guided several men to freedom.
I learned quite a lot about Harriet - her higher spirit and remarkable courage is definitely inspiring and hopeful. All her acts and "success" were at the cost of her sacrifices about home and husband. Cobbs describes well her loneliness and isolation, in addition to the prejudice suffered by being a strong woman's voice among a place dominated by men. The war strategies and context were richly portrayed and realistic.
The epigrams that starts each chapter are a good illustration to the story, furthermore, they are based on original documents. I found the author's note utterly interesting and immersive. While this book had a great premise, I expected that the chapters could be less descriptive and more engaging. The storytelling was a bit slow and dragged. Sometimes it was hard to get into the book and the dialect, while being very real, didn't help me focus on the story.
Having said that, "The Tubman Command" is a historical fiction about Harriet Tubman- representing her as Joan of Arc who fought for her country.
I learned quite a lot about Harriet - her higher spirit and remarkable courage is definitely inspiring and hopeful. All her acts and "success" were at the cost of her sacrifices about home and husband. Cobbs describes well her loneliness and isolation, in addition to the prejudice suffered by being a strong woman's voice among a place dominated by men. The war strategies and context were richly portrayed and realistic.
The epigrams that starts each chapter are a good illustration to the story, furthermore, they are based on original documents. I found the author's note utterly interesting and immersive. While this book had a great premise, I expected that the chapters could be less descriptive and more engaging. The storytelling was a bit slow and dragged. Sometimes it was hard to get into the book and the dialect, while being very real, didn't help me focus on the story.
Having said that, "The Tubman Command" is a historical fiction about Harriet Tubman- representing her as Joan of Arc who fought for her country.