The underground railroad : a novel

Whitehead, Colson 1969- (author.).

Summary: "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"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780345804327
ISBN: 0345804325
Physical Description: print
313 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Anchor Books edition.
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First Anchor Books edition, January 2018."-- Verso of title page.
Formatted Contents Note:	Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.
Awards Note:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017 ; National Book Award, 2016 ; Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence for Fiction Winner, 2017.