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The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in): A Magnificent Tour De Force Chronicling A Young Slave’s Adventures As She Makes A Desperate Bid For Freedom
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The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in): A Magnificent Tour De Force Chronicling A Young Slave’s Adventures As She Makes A Desperate Bid For Freedom

Publisher Description Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Now an original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned—Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to ...
At The Next Street Use The Force
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At The Next Street Use The Force

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