The light across the river
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Stephanie Reed.
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780825435744
Subjects: Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction; Underground Railroad -- Fiction; Slavery -- Fiction; Family life -- Ohio -- Fiction; Christian life -- Fiction; Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In 1830s Ohio, Johnny Rankin's father and brother Lowry think he is too young and hotheaded to work on the Underground Railroad, but Johnny finds a way to help Eliza, a runaway slave from Kentucky, try to convey her entire family to freedom. Includes historical notes about the Rankin family, their friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, and her use of Eliza's story in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.