Sept 2021 Book Program

About the Author

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Cobbs is a woman of impeccable credentials. Holder of the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University, Professor Cobbs has a Ph.D. in American history from Stanford University, where she is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She was a Fulbright scholar in Ireland and has also been a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.  Elizabeth Cobbs has served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department as well as on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History. Learn more about Elizabeth Cobbs and her other work on her website.  About — Elizabeth Cobbs

About the Book

The Tubman Command (2019) is a novel based on a little-known chapter of Civil War history: how Harriet Tubman led a Union raid to free 750 slaves. In May 1863, the Union Army was demoralized after massive…