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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     First Chapter Excerpts     Library Journal Review     Summary       More by this author     Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author.     Subjects     Underground railroad -- Fiction.     Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.     Fiction.     Madison Choice Award Fiction Nominees 2017     United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author.       by title:      The underground rail...         MARC Display

The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. by Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author. New York : Doubleday, [2016] [2016] Subjects Underground railroad -- Fiction.   Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.   Fiction.   Madison Choice Award Fiction Nominees 2017   United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. Format:  No. of Holds for all sites :  0 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. Genre:  Historical fiction. Description:  306 pages ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Madison Library District Fiction F Whitehead, Colson / Underground Checked In Add Copy to MyList Madison Library District Fiction F Whitehead, Colson / Underground Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email Search Results to:

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