Glennette Tilley Turner

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

General Information

Name: Glennette Tilley Turner

Pen Name: None

Born: 1933 in Raleigh, North Carolina

Website: http://www.ugrr-illinois.com/

Email: mzfootstep@aol.com

Photo Credit: Lynard M. Jones

Illinois Connection

Glennette Turner lived and worked in the suburban Chicago Illinois area.

Biographical and Professional Information

Glennette Tilley Turner served on the National Park Service Underground Railroad Advisory Committee and testified before U.S. Senate and House subcommittees and the Illinois Senate in support of Underground Railroad legislation. She has been a consultant on Underground Railroad projects at Naper Settlement, the Graue Mill and Museum, the Wheaton History Center, Blackberry Farm, C/CURE and for a film produced for the Illinois Bureau of Tourism.

Published Works

• Surprise For Mrs. Burns, Albert Whitman, 1971

• The Underground Railroad in DuPage County, Illinois, Newman Educational Publishers, 1986

• Take a Walk in Their Shoes, Dutton, 1989

• Lewis Howard Latimer, Silver Burdett, 1990

• Follow in Their Footsteps, Puffin, 1999

• Running For Our Lives, Newman Educational Publishing, 2004

• An Apple for Harriet Tubman, Albert Whitman & Company, 2006

• Fort Mose: And The Story of The Man Who Built The First Free Black Settlement In Colonial America, Abrams Books, 2010

Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Surprise for Mrs. Burns ISBN: 0807576697 Release Date: 1971 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The underground railroad in DuPage County, Illinois ISBN: Release Date: 1986 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Take a Walk in Their Shoes: Biographies of Fourteen Outstanding African American ISBN: 0785704981 Release Date: 1992-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Lewis Howard Latimer ISBN: 0382241622 Release Date: 1991-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Follow in Their Footsteps ISBN: 0140383638 Release Date: 1999-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Running for Our Lives ISBN: 0938990063 Release Date: 2004-04 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

An Apple for Harriet Tubman ISBN: 0807503959 Release Date: 2006-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America ISBN: 0810940566 Release Date: 2010-09-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Literary Awards

N/A

Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

Contact Information:

Marie Brown

412 West 154th Street

New York, New York 10032

External Links

Glennette Tilley Turner on WorldCat

Glennette Tilley Turner on Amazon

Editing

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