The Resource The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
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The item The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
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- 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
- Contents
-
- Ajarry
- Georgia
- Ridgeway
- South Carolina
- Stevens
- North Carolina
- Ethel
- Tennessee
- Caesar
- Indiana
- Mabel
- The North
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel
- Title
- The Underground Railroad
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Colson Whitehead
- Subject
-
- 1800-1899
- trueAfrican American fiction
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions | History -- Fiction
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueEscapes
- Fiction
- trueFreedom
- Fugitive slaves
- trueFugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Fugitives from justice
- Fugitives from justice -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- Race relations
- trueRacism
- trueSlavery
- Southern States
- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Underground Railroad
- trueUnderground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- 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
- Summary
- After Cora, a pre-Civil War Georgia slave, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2017.
- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2017.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2016
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2017.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2017.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.
- Awards note
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- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.
- New York Times, 10 Best Books of 2016.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10515877
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitehead, Colson
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.H4768
- LC item number
- U53 2016b
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
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- 890
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Underground Railroad
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitives from justice
- African Americans
- United States
- United States
- Southern States
- African Americans
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitives from justice
- Race relations
- Underground Railroad
- Southern States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead
- Note
- "Oprah's Book Club : 2016 selection"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North
- Control code
- ocn949211766
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 417 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Lccn
- 2016000643
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (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
- Contents
- Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North
- Control code
- ocn949211766
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 417 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781524736309
- Lccn
- 2016000643
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)949211766
Subject
- 1800-1899
- trueAfrican American fiction
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions | History -- Fiction
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueEscapes
- Fiction
- trueFreedom
- Fugitive slaves
- trueFugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Fugitives from justice
- Fugitives from justice -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- History
- Large type books
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- Race relations
- trueRacism
- trueSlavery
- Southern States
- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Underground Railroad
- trueUnderground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- United States -- Race relations -- Fiction
Genre
- trueAfrican American fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistory
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2017
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
- trueArthur C. Clarke Award
- trueBook Club Best Bets
- 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
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueRecommended by Jessica Lin
- trueRecommended by Shauna Griffin
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Award
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2017.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2016
- Award
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2017.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- Award
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2016.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.
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