Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, [2016] - 306 p. ; 25 cm.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 890 Lexile.
9780385542364 0385542364
2016000643
Underground Railroad--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
Underground railroad--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / African American / General.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3573.H4768 / U53 2016
813/.54
The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, [2016] - 306 p. ; 25 cm.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 890 Lexile.
9780385542364 0385542364
2016000643
Underground Railroad--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
Underground railroad--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / African American / General.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3573.H4768 / U53 2016
813/.54