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X-WR-CALDESC:Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead\n\nPulitzer Prize fin
 alist Whitehead (John Henry Days) here telescopes several centuries' worth
  of slavery and oppression as he puts escaped slaves Cora and Caesar on wh
 at is literally an underground railroad\, using such brief magical realist
  touches to enhance our understanding of the African American experience. 
 Cora\, an outsider among her fellow slaves since her mother's escape from 
 a brutal Georgia plantation\, is asked by new slave Caesar to join his own
  escape effort. He knows a white abolitionist shopkeeper named Fletcher wi
 th connections to the Underground Railroad\, and as they flee to Fletcher'
 s house\, Cora saves them from capture with an act of violence that puts t
 hem in graver danger. 'Who built it?' asks Caesar wonderingly of the endle
 ss tunnel meant to carry them to freedom. 'Who builds anything in this cou
 ntry?' replies the stationmaster\, clarifying how much of America rests on
  work by black hands. The train delivers Cora and Caesar to a seemingly be
 nevolent South Carolina\, where they linger until learning of programs tha
 t recall the controlled -sterilization and Tuskegee experiments of later y
 ears. Then it's onward\, as Whitehead continues ratcheting up both imagery
  and tension. VERDICT A highly recommended work that raises the bar for fi
 ction addressing slavery. [See Prepub Alert\, 3/7/16.]-Barbara Hoffert\, -
 Library Journal © Copyright 2016\n\nBooks are available at the library. Cl
 ick the link below to get email updates about this book club.
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DESCRIPTION:Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead\n\nPulitzer Prize fina
 list Whitehead (John Henry Days) here telescopes several centuries' worth 
 of slavery and oppression as he puts escaped slaves Cora and Caesar on wha
 t is literally an underground railroad\, using such brief magical realist 
 touches to enhance our understanding of the African American experience. C
 ora\, an outsider among her fellow slaves since her mother's escape from a
  brutal Georgia plantation\, is asked by new slave Caesar to join his own 
 escape effort. He knows a white abolitionist shopkeeper named Fletcher wit
 h connections to the Underground Railroad\, and as they flee to Fletcher's
  house\, Cora saves them from capture with an act of violence that puts th
 em in graver danger. 'Who built it?' asks Caesar wonderingly of the endles
 s tunnel meant to carry them to freedom. 'Who builds anything in this coun
 try?' replies the stationmaster\, clarifying how much of America rests on 
 work by black hands. The train delivers Cora and Caesar to a seemingly ben
 evolent South Carolina\, where they linger until learning of programs that
  recall the controlled -sterilization and Tuskegee experiments of later ye
 ars. Then it's onward\, as Whitehead continues ratcheting up both imagery 
 and tension. VERDICT A highly recommended work that raises the bar for fic
 tion addressing slavery. [See Prepub Alert\, 3/7/16.]-Barbara Hoffert\, -L
 ibrary Journal © Copyright 2016\n\nBooks are available at the library. Cli
 ck the link below to get email updates about this book club.
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SUMMARY:IFL Book Club - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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