Title: A fugitive in Walden Woods
Description: "The fourth self-contained volume of The American Novels series tells the story of Samuel Long, who escapes slavery in Virginia by traveling the Underground Railroad to Walden Woods, where he encounters Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Lloyd Garrison, and other transcendentalists and abolitionists. While Long will experience his coming-of-age at Walden Pond, his hosts will receive a lesson on human dignity, culminating in a climactic act of civil disobedience"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fiction, Fugitive slaves, Abolitionists, American Authors, Underground Railroad, Slaves, fiction, Authors, fiction, Fiction, historical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Historical, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction, Underground Railroad -- Fiction, Authors, American -- Fiction, Abolitionists -- Fiction, Large type books, FICTION -- Literary, FICTION -- Historical, FICTION -- Cultural Heritage, HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century, Authors, American, United States
Places: United States