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Underground River : A Novel by Martha Conway (2018, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101501160257

ISBN-139781501160257

eBay Product ID (ePID)235546472

Product Key Features

Book TitleUnderground River : a Novel

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicFamily Life, General, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorMartha Conway

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-050548

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews The Underground River is both a dear love story and a page-turning adventure about the Underground Railroad--and an unwilling participant. An extraordinary cast of memorable characters gives this book irresistible appeal while the setting on the watery boundary between North and South places them in dangerous and morally ambiguous territory. A captivating, thoughtful, and unforgettable read.

SynopsisSet aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this New York Times Notable book is the "captivating, thoughtful, and unforgettable" (Kathleen Grissom, author of The Kitchen House ) story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and a new love. It's 1838, and May Bedloe works as a seamstress for her cousin, the famous actress Comfort Vertue--until their steamboat sinks on the Ohio River. Though they both survive, both must find new employment. Comfort is hired to give lectures by noted abolitionist, Flora Howard, and May finds work on a small flatboat, Hugo and Helena's Floating Theatre, as it cruises the border between the northern states and the southern slave-holding states. May becomes indispensable to Hugo and his troupe, and all goes well until she sees her cousin again. Comfort and Mrs. Howard are also traveling down the Ohio River, speaking out against slavery at the many riverside towns. May owes Mrs. Howard a debt she cannot repay, and Mrs. Howard uses the opportunity to enlist May in her network of shadowy characters who help ferry slaves across the river to freedom. Lying has never come easy to May, but now she is compelled to break the law, deceive all her newfound friends, and deflect the rising suspicions of a slave catcher. As May's secrets become more tangled, the Floating Theatre readies for its biggest performance yet. May's predicament could mean doom for her friends on board, including her beloved Hugo, unless she can figure out a way to entrap those who know her best. "Twain has his 'Life on the Mississippi'. Conway's life on the Ohio makes you see the place, through May's eyes, in all its muddy glory" ( New York Times Book Review ).

LC Classification NumberPS3603.O565R36 2017