Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead - First edition - 306 pages ; 25 cm
A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels
National Book Award, 2016
9780385542364 (hardcover) 0385542364 (hardcover)
2016000643
1800-1899
Underground Railroad--Fiction
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / African American / General.
Fugitive slaves.
Underground Railroad.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction
United States.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
813/.54
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead - First edition - 306 pages ; 25 cm
A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels
National Book Award, 2016
9780385542364 (hardcover) 0385542364 (hardcover)
2016000643
1800-1899
Underground Railroad--Fiction
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / African American / General.
Fugitive slaves.
Underground Railroad.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction
United States.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
813/.54