The underground railroad : a novel
Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. - First edition. - New York : Doubleday , 2016 - 306 p. ; 25 cm
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.
English.
9780385542364
Underground Railroad----Fiction
Fugitive slaves----Fiction
United States---History---19th century----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3573.H4768 / U53 2016
FIC WHI
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. - First edition. - New York : Doubleday , 2016 - 306 p. ; 25 cm
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.
English.
9780385542364
Underground Railroad----Fiction
Fugitive slaves----Fiction
United States---History---19th century----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3573.H4768 / U53 2016
FIC WHI
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