{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad","title":"The Underground Railroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this #1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. The basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLook for Colson Whitehead’s bestselling new novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHarlem Shuffle!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=Colson+Whitehead\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColson Whitehead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anchor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.8 ounces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.13 x 0.69 x 7.95 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780345804327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0345804325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=Black+%26+African+American+Historical+Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlack \u0026amp; African American Historical Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=Literary+Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLiterary Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whitehead, Colson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45983393120431,"sku":"9780345804327","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/whitehead-colson-fiction-historical-general-the-underground-railroad-36167447118061.jpg?v=1760632136","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}