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The Underground River: A Novel,Used
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Set 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.Its 1838, and May Bedloe works as a seamstress for her cousin, the famous actress Comfort Vertueuntil 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 Helenas Floating Theatre, as it cruises the border between the northern states and the southern slaveholding 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 Mays secrets become more tangled, the Floating Theatre readies for its biggest performance yet. Mays 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. Conways life on the Ohio makes you see the place, through Mays eyes, in all its muddy glory (New York Times Book Review).
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