The Underground Railroad : a novel

Title
The Underground Railroad : a novel

Author
Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author.

ISBN
9780385542364

Edition
First edition.

Physical Description
306 pages ; 25 cm

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

Reading Level
890 L Lexile

Subject Term
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
 
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Social conditions -- History -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
 
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
 
Southern States -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

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.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Bayport Public LibraryFICTION WHIFiction Collection
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
Lake Elmo LibraryFICTION WHIFiction Collection
Oakdale LibraryFICTION WHIFiction Collection
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)FICTION WHIChecked Out
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)FICTION WHIFiction Collection
Stillwater Public LibraryFICTION WHIFiction Collection
Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi)FICTION WHIFiction Collection