The underground railroada novelWhitehead, Colson1969-creatorauthortextHistorical fiction.Historical fiction.Fiction.History.nyu2016First editionmonographiceng
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306 pages ; 25 cmA magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum SouthCora 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 heelsColson WhiteheadNational Book Award, 2016n-us--- 1800-1899 fast Underground RailroadFictionFugitive slavesUnited StatesFictionFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / HistoricalFICTION / African American / GeneralFugitive slavesUnderground RailroadUnited StatesHistory19th centuryFictionUnited States813/.54Underground railroadWhitehead, Colson, 1969- author.New York : Doubleday, 2016(DLC) 20160049539780385542364 (hardcover)0385542364 (hardcover)20160006439780385537032.jpg9780385537032.jpg16012920190501224149.0933420484