The Resource The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD)
The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD)
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The item The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 9 audio discs (11 hr., min.)
- Note
-
- Compact disc
- Unabridged
- Isbn
- 9781524736255
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel
- Title
- The Underground Railroad
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Colson Whitehead
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- Plantation life -- United States -- Fiction
- Slave trade -- United States -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
- Slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- Women slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- 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
- Cataloging source
- CaOAUW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitehead, Colson
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by: Bahni Turpin
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Turpin, Bahni
- Random House Audio Publishing
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women slaves
- Slaves
- Fugitive slaves
- Slavery
- Slave trade
- Plantation life
- Underground Railroad
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD)
- Note
-
- Compact disc
- Unabridged
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 9 audio discs (11 hr., min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781524736255
- Isbn Type
- (s.r.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- Ownership
- *
- Publisher number
- PRHA
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The Underground Railroad : a novel, Colson Whitehead, (sound recording CD)
- Note
-
- Compact disc
- Unabridged
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 9 audio discs (11 hr., min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781524736255
- Isbn Type
- (s.r.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- Ownership
- *
- Publisher number
- PRHA
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Historical fiction
- Plantation life -- United States -- Fiction
- Slave trade -- United States -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
- Slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Underground Railroad -- Fiction
- Women slaves -- United States -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
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