BIOGRAPHIES
Lutz, Norma Jean

Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist, Suffragist, and Preacher

(4) 4-6 Famous Figures of the Civil War Era series. Illustrated with period reproductions, these biographies each accurately presents its subject's life, achieving in five or six chapters good balance about a sometimes controversial figure. Time lines and chronologies accompany the texts, whose styles vary from Lutz's fluidity to Grabowski's choppiness. The editorial decision to refer to the generals by first names is somewhat jarring. There are seven other books in this series. Bib., glos., ind.

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