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The light across the river : a novel

The light across the river : a novel

Book 2008

In 1830s Ohio, Johnny Rankin's father and brother Lowry think he is too young and hotheaded to work on the Underground Railroad, but Johnny finds a way to help Eliza, a runaway slave from Kentucky, try to convey her entire family to freedom. Includes historical notes about the Rankin family, their friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, and her use of Eliza's story in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.