A Guide to Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore: The Old Home Is Not There

When Harriet Tubman crossed the line to freedom in Pennsylvania, she left behind her home in Maryland, along with a life of enslavement. Her native land made Tubman the person she became to history: Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, suffragist and advocate for the aged and disabled. Authors Phillip Hesser and Charlie Ewers explore the landscape of Tubman's life, from the slave quarters to the churches to the marshes and fields where she worked. Travel to nineteenth-century Dorchester County and search for the places that Harriet Tubman would never know again--some of them now lost to sinking lands and rising waters.

About the Author
Hesser, Phillip: - Phillip Hesser is a lecturer and educator who has taught most recently at Salisbury University. His previous book is What a River Says: Exploring the Blackwater River and Refuge (Cambridge, MD: Friends of Blackwater, 2014).Ewers, Charlie: - Charlie Ewers lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and teaches in the Environmental Studies department of Salisbury University. His award-winning photographs are featured at galleries in Annapolis, Ocean City and Berlin.