The Underground Railroad : a novel
(Large Print)
Author
Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
Status
Forks - Large Print Fiction
LP WHITEHE Cols
1 available
LP WHITEHE Cols
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Forks - Large Print Fiction | LP WHITEHE Cols | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Social conditions -- History -- Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
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Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, 2016.
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection"--Cover.
Description
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.