The Underground Railroad (2000) by Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad is a powerful and imaginative novel that reinterprets the historical Underground Railroad as an actual railway system, exploring the harrowing journey of a young enslaved woman seeking freedom.
Rating: 4.0
Genres Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Original language: en
Stars
Cora
Ridgeway
Mabel
Caesar
Fanny
Creators
Colson Whitehead (author)
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