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The Underground Railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, ©2016, 2018Edition: First Anchor Books editionDescription: 313 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780345804327
  • 0345804325
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3573.H4768 U53 2018
Contents:
Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection PS3573.H4768 U53 2018 1 Available 31794003172468
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) PS3573.H4768 U53 2018 1 Available 31826003524106

"First Anchor Books edition, January 2018." --Verso of title page.

National Book Award, 2016.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence for Fiction Winner, 2017.

Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.

"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.

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