Harriet Tubman - An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove

After many posts where there is an extreme lack of information, this one was a change of pace! The problem was now too much information to sift through. Harriet Tubman does have entire books written about her and you could certainly teach a course just focused on her. I tried to write as comprehensive of a post as I could about her without making it ridiculously long. Harriet is one of the most well-known Black American historical figures, and for good reason. Though she died 110 years ago, her story of fortitude in extreme circumstances will long outlast even those who are reading this now.

Harriet, 1895

Prince John - The Lost Prince

 This story came to me through an excellently written historical fiction novel: The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper. My dear grandma (called "Mite") lent it to me. Since I was about in middle school, she and I have exchanged hundreds of books. We have similar reading preferences and we know that, if one of us recommends a book for the other, she is never wrong.

The Royal Nanny tells the story of Charlotte "Lala" Bill, a young nanny who cares for the British royal family beginning in 1897. The children she so loves are the great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. The youngest, John, is the one who needs her the most. The book is beautiful and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. (For the record, I have never read a Karen Harper novel that I didn't like. She sadly passed away from cancer in April 2020.)

John, 1913