03046cam a2200493 4500 525631060 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781616205959 1616205954 B013JBH89C Amazon a0ea5d0c-6b35-468a-b688-05eae41475af OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2356874 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Morgan, Robert. Chasing the North Star [OverDrive] : A Novel. Algonquin Books, 2016. Appalachian Mountains. Civil War. Historical Fiction. plantation. Slavery. Southern literature. Underground Railroad. American South. runaway slaves. ithaca. Slavery in America. Gap Creek. Ithaca New York. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1875kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2006kB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>In his latest historical novel, bestselling author Robert Morgan brings to full and vivid life the story of Jonah Williams, who, in 1850, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born a slave. He takes with him only a few stolen coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back—no shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except north, following a star that he prays will be his guide.<br /> Hiding during the day and running through the night, Jonah must elude the men sent to capture him and the bounty hunters out to claim the reward on his head. There is one person, however, who, once on his trail, never lets him fully out of sight: Angel, herself a slave, yet with a remarkably free spirit.<br /> In Jonah, she sees her own way to freedom, and so sets out to follow him.<br /> Bristling with breathtaking adventure, <i>Chasing the North Star</i> is deftly grounded in historical fact yet always gripping and poignant as the story follows Jonah and Angel through the close calls and narrow escapes of a fearsome world. It is a celebration of the power of the human spirit to persevere in the face of great adversity. And it is Robert Morgan at his considerable best.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a0ea5d0c-6b35-468a-b688-05eae41475af&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a0ea5d0c-6b35-468a-b688-05eae41475af&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a0ea5d0c-6b35-468a-b688-05eae41475af&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)