02439cam a2200529 4500 282550098 TxAuBib 20170117120000.0 160129s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016000643 9780385542364 hardcover 0385542364 hardcover 40026275804 TxAuBib Whitehead, Colson. The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2016] 306 pages ; 25 cm. 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. 20170117. 1800-1899. Underground railroad Fiction. Fugitive slaves United States Fiction. Fugitive slaves United States Fiction. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Historical. FICTION / African American / General. Fugitive slaves. Underground Railroad. United States History 19th century Fiction. United States History 19th century Fiction. United States. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. History. Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. 9780385537032.jpg Cover image 9780385537032.jpg Cover image 9780385537032.jpg Cover image 9780385537032.jpg Cover image 9780385537032.jpg Cover image TXOLT