The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.
| Author/creator | Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Doubleday, [2016] |
| Description | 295 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author. Underground railroad New York : Doubleday, 2016 9780385537049 |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016000643 |
| ISBN | 9780385542364 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0385542364 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3573.H4768 U53 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |