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Chasing the North Star : a novel / Robert Morgan.

Morgan, Robert, 1944- (author.).

Summary:

Fleeing the South Carolina plantation where he has spent his entire life, eighteen-year-old slave Jonah Williams uses the stars to escape to the North and is pursued by both slave hunters and a free-spirited fellow slave who believes Jonah can help her secure her own freedom.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781565126275
  • ISBN: 1565126270
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.

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Subject:
Eighteen fifties > Fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Fiction.
Escapes > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction > Fiction.
United States > History > 1815-1861 > Fiction.
Genre:
Survival fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 74 of 78 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 4 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library FIC MORGAN (Text) 36015000699856 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC MORGAN (Text) 36015001327960 Adult Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC MORGAN (Text) 36015001222328 Adult Fiction Available -
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