Large Print Material
The Underground Railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524736309
- ISBN: 1524736309
- Physical Description: 417 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection" -- cover. |
| 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: | Enslaved persons. Underground Railroad > Fiction. Fugitive slaves > United States > Fiction. Large type books. United States > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 16 of 16 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 16 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | LP FIC WHI (Text) | 36123132889393 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Ridgefield Library | LP F WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34010154162183 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Sherman Library | F WHI (Text) | 34060149329413 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | LP FIC WHITEHEAD, C (Text) | 34005107014150 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | WHITEHEAD/LP (Text) | 34019138472584 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Thomaston Public Library | LP FIC WHITEHEAD (Text) | 34020142178639 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
The Underground Railroad (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)
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