01878cam a2200349 i 4500 284813593 TxAuBib 20170213120000.0 160129s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016000643 9780385542364 hardcover 0385542364 hardcover TxAuBib rda Whitehead, Colson, 1969- The underground railroad [Book] : a novel / Colson Whitehead. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2016] 306 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Presented by Kyle & Karen Brocker. 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. 20170213. 1800 - 1899. Underground railroad Fiction. Slaves United States Fiction. Fugitive slaves Fiction. United States History 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction.