The underground railroad : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Crestview - Fiction (adult) | FIC WHI | . | On Shelf |
Destin - Fiction (adult) | F WHITEHEAD, COLSON | On Shelf | |
Ft. Walton Beach - Fiction (adult) | FIC WHITEHEAD | On Shelf | |
Mary Esther - Fiction (adult) | FIC WHI | On Shelf | |
Valparaiso - Fiction (adult) | F WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Social conditions -- History -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction
Southern States -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction
Southern States -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017
Awards
National Book Award, 2016
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, C. (2016). The underground railroad: a novel (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. 2016. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson, 1969-. The Underground Railroad: A Novel Doubleday, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad: A Novel First edition., Doubleday, 2016.
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