The Underground Railroad : a novel
(Large Type)
Author
Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2016].
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Status
Central - Adult Large Type 2 available
LT F WHITE
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Central - Adult Large Type | LT F WHITE | Available |
Central - Adult Large Type | LT F WHITE | Available |
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Format
Large Type
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781524736309, 1524736309
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.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Fiction
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Fiction
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, C. (2016). The Underground Railroad: a novel (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. 2016. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. [New York]: Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. The Underground Railroad: A Novel [New York]: Random House Large Print, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad: A Novel First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2016.
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