Susie King Taylor
Nurse, Teacher & Freedom Fighter
$32.03
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2023
Summary
From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black Civil War nurses, in a new series spotlighting Black women who left their mark on history.
A groundbreaking figure in every sense of the word, Susie King Taylor (1848–1912) was one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, tending to the wounded soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665919944 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665919949 |
| Author: | Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Candace Buford |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Aladdin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women |
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Critics Review
“Captivating.” * –Publishers Weekly “A fabulous addition to all libraries and an important part of history not to be missed. Highly recommended.” * –School Library Journal, starred review *“A remarkable true story about harnessing one’s inherent dignity in a hostile world.” * –Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a historian and professor of African American studies at Emory University. Her first book was A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City. Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Award. She is also the author of She Came to Slay, an illustrated tribute to Harriet Tubman, and Susie King Taylor. She is the coexecutive producer of the HBO series The Gilded Age.
Candace Buford has always been drawn to stories with strong and complex people of color. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in German literature and holds a law degree from Penn State Law, as well as a business degree from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Kneel and Good as Gold.
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