Blue Bicycle Books, Charleston, SC

The Tubman Command with Elizabeth Cobbs, Mon., May 20, 5:30 pm

Join us Mon., May 20, 5:30 pm as Elizabeth Cobbs will be here to discuss her new historical novel The Tubman Command (Arcade Books, hb., 336 pp., $26).

The Tubman Command tells the story of Harriet Tubman at the height of her powers, when she devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War. In Beaufort, South Carolina, Tubman, code named Moses, is hatching a spectacular plan. Hunted by Confederates, revered by slaves, she 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.

General David Hunter places Tubman in charge of a team of black scouts, even though he is 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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