The Resource The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
Resource Information
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Resource Information
The item The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- 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. 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 417 pages (large print)
- Note
- "Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel
- Title
- The Underground Railroad
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Colson Whitehead
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Social conditions | History -- Fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- FICTION / African American
- FICTION / Historical
- FICTION / Literary
- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Large type books
- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- United States
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- 1800-1899
- United States -- Race relations -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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. 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitehead, Colson
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Underground Railroad
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
- Fugitive slaves
- Underground Railroad
- FICTION / African American
- FICTION / Historical
- FICTION / Literary
- United States
- United States
- Southern States
- United States
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
- Note
- "Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1650863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 417 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781524736309
- (OCoLC)949211766
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
- Note
- "Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1650863
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 417 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781524736309
- (OCoLC)949211766
Subject
- African Americans -- Social conditions | History -- Fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- FICTION / African American
- FICTION / Historical
- FICTION / Literary
- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Large type books
- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- United States
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- 1800-1899
- United States -- Race relations -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueStylistically Complex
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2017
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
- trueArthur C. Clarke Award
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2016
- trueGoodreads Choice Awards: 2016
- trueHurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
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