The Underground Railroad: a novel
(Large Print)
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. Like the protagonist of Gulliver's Travels, Cora encounters different worlds at each stage of her journey -- hers is an odyssey through time as well as space. As Whitehead re-creates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Notes
Whitehead, C. (2016). The Underground Railroad: a novel. First large print edition. [New York], Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. 2016. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. [New York], Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-, The Underground Railroad: A Novel. [New York], Random House Large Print, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. First large print edition. [New York], Random House Large Print, 2016.
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