Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems

The extraordinary story of Harriet Tubman's life, leadership, spirituality, and relationship with nature, told through powerful poetry and collage.

Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature celebrates the life of the hero of the Underground Railroad with the power of hip-hop-style rhythm and rhyme accompanied by luminous, rough-edged collage.

Tubman was born enslaved, was torn from her parents and assigned dangerous work from the age of six, and suffered a brain injury in her teens. Despite it all, she developed a rich understanding of nature and a deep spirituality, using them to free herself and then to lead hundreds of others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Once the Civil War began, she threw herself into the Union effort, doing everything from laundry, nursing, and spying to becoming the first woman in American history to lead soldiers on a military mission.

Author-illustrator Caroline Brewer, former chairwoman of the Taking Nature Black Conference, is devoted to connecting children to both reading and nature, and her passion infuses every word and illustration in the book.

Includes glossary, index, source notes, and map.