The Resource The underground railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
The underground railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Note
- "Oprah's 2016 Selection Book Club"--On jacket
- Isbn
- 9780385542364
- Label
- The underground railroad : a novel
- Title
- The underground railroad
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Colson Whitehead
- 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
- Awards note
-
- National Book Awards (USA) : Fiction Winner 2016.
- Andrew Carnegie Medal (USA) : Fiction Winner 2017.
- The Pulitzer Prize (US) : Fiction, Winner 2017.
- The Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Longlist, 2017.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Label
- The underground railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
- Note
- "Oprah's 2016 Selection Book Club"--On jacket
- 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
- ocn933420484
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
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- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542364
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
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- Media MARC source
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- Media type code
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- Note
- Kotui multi-version record
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