Book
The underground railroad : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0385537034 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780385537032 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0385542364 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780385542364 (hardcover)
-
Physical Description:
306 pages ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | United States History 19th century Fiction Fugitive slaves United States Fiction Underground Railroad Fiction Enslaved persons |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 80 of 81 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 81 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | FICTION WHITEHEAD (Text) | 32518137584556 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ansonia Public Library | FIC WHITEHEAD, COLSON (Text) | 34045136852832 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Babcock Library - Ashford | F Whi (Text) | 33110139363764 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beacon Falls Public Library | FIC WHI (Text) | 33120000378130 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC WHITEHE (Text) | 33750000066691 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F WHITEHEAD, C. (Text) | 32544072427916 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Whi (Text) | 33160137405505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | F WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34030136867238 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | FIC WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34000076218353 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF WHI (Text) | 33260000244641 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) (Oprah's Book Club) : A Novel
Colson Whitehead was born on November 6, 1969. He graduated from Harvard College and worked at the Village Voice writing reviews of television, books, and music. His first novel, The Intuitionist, won the Quality Paperback Book Club's New Voices Award. His other books include The Colossus of New York, Sag Harbor, and Zone One. He won the Young Lions Fiction Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for John Henry Days, the PEN/Oakland Award for Apex Hides the Hurt, and the National Book Award for fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Underground Railroad. His reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Harper's and Granta. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. (Bowker Author Biography)
Click here for Terms of Use.
