02357cam a2200457 i 4500 532099778 TxAuBib 160129s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016000643 9780385542364 hardcover 0385542364 hardcover 9781524736309 L.P.; pbk. 1524736309 L.P.; pbk. (OCoLC)933420484 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCF OI6 ILC IHX OU9 OEL YDX COO NDS VLR VP@ EYP GTA IGP CLU ZHB OCLCO STF TxAuBib rda Whitehead, Colson, 1969- The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2016] 306 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North. 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.-- from publisher's description. 1800-1899. Underground Railroad Fiction. Underground Railroad. Fugitive slaves United States Fiction. Fugitive slaves. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Historical. FICTION / African American / General. Historical fiction. United States History 19th century Fiction. United States. Fiction. History. Whitehead, Colson, New York : Doubleday, 2016 Underground railroad. 9780385537032.jpg Cover image