Title: The Underground Railroad
Author: Colson Whitehead
Genre: Historical Fiction
This Oprah Book Club selection offers a glimpse of the trials and tribulations of slave life during the time of the underground railroad. The story's protagonist is Cora, a young slave girl who is abandoned by her mother who flees the plantation in the hopes of being free.
Cora's own journey via the underground railroad is fraught with peril, not knowing if at any moment she will be found by the persistant slave catcher, Ridgeway, if she will be betrayed by others, or if she will be discovered because of her own missteps.
Full of detailed prose that paints pictures of the time, the scene, and the horrors experienced, this book helps to shed light on the incredible journey shared by many African Americans searching for finding freedom.
Cora's own journey via the underground railroad is fraught with peril, not knowing if at any moment she will be found by the persistant slave catcher, Ridgeway, if she will be betrayed by others, or if she will be discovered because of her own missteps.
Full of detailed prose that paints pictures of the time, the scene, and the horrors experienced, this book helps to shed light on the incredible journey shared by many African Americans searching for finding freedom.
- Sarah R.
