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The last runaway

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.

Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dutton, c2013.
Subjects:
Manning, Marjorie tribute.
Quakers > Fiction.
Underground Railroad > Ohio > Fiction.
Ohio > History > 1787-1865 > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Ohio.
Psychological fiction > Ohio.
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Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780525952992
0525952993
Author Notes: Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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