Underground to Canada - Hardcover

Smucker, Barbara; McNeely, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0772011117 ISBN 13: 9780772011114

Publisher: Irwin Pub, 1977

Synopsis

Two slave girls escape from a plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and steal toward Canada on the Underground Railroad.

About this title

Review:

"A passionate tale of human dignity." - "Books in Canada"
"Barbara Smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's flight from slavery, and some three decades after it first appeared in print "Underground to Canada"still serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of Canadian history." - Lawrence Hill"

"A passionate tale of human dignity." - Books in Canada

"Barbara Smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's flight from slavery, and--some three decades after it first appeared in print--Underground to Canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of Canadian history." - Lawrence Hill

About the Author:

Barbara Smucker was born in a small prairie town in Kansas in 1915 and attended school there through university. Her careers have been numerous. They include newspaper reporting, high school teacher and librarian. She is the author of numerous award-winning novels, including Runaway to Freedom, Days of Terror and Incredible Jumbo. She lived for many years in Ontario, Canada, but now lives in the USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Irwin Pub
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0772011117
• ISBN 13: 9780772011114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 157