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The last runaway

The last runaway

Chevalier, Tracy.
Book 2013

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" makes her first fictional foray into the American past in "The Last Runaway," bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions, and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.

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Ohio History 1787-1865 Fiction
Quakers
Quakers Fiction
Underground Railroad Ohio Fiction
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ISBN:
9780525952992 (hc)
9780525952992
9780142180365
0525952993
Description:
305 p. ; 24 cm
Notes:
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom
Control Number:
894748
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