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The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.
"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. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom"--Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385542364
- ISBN: 0385542364
- Physical Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Oprah's Book Club; 2016 selection." |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Award, 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence for Fiction Winner, 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017 |
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| Subject: | Underground Railroad > Fiction. Fugitive slaves > United States > Fiction. United States > History > 19th century > Fiction. Fugitive slaves > United States > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Fiction. |
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- 9 of 9 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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- 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
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Summary:
"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. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom"--Publisher's description.
