That's all I was."Īlternative-history fiction is nothing new, and it's been done by the best ( The Plot Against America, anyone?). A man was missing, that's all, missing and hiding, and I was not a person but a manifestation of will. it was my practice at the beginning of a new job, to think of myself as having no name at all. I remember them all" he says, of the men, women, and children he's been forced to hunt down. This man, whose name is generally Victor, simmers with rage early on and throughout: "I remember them. Worse, he's working for a Union that supports slavery through its cooperation with the "Hard Four" states that maintain it. The book's narrator is an African-American man living in a near-future United States in which slavery has never been entirely eliminated ("Big Abe," meaning President-elect Lincoln, was shot early in his campaign, and several Southern states amended the Constitution to retain it). Underground Airlines will start a lot of conversations. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Underground Airlines Author Ben H.
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