The Runaway Quilt
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Description: 329 pages ; 22 cm
When Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad, it raises the historical issue of the use of quilts as a method of signalling fugitive slaves.
Series: Chiaverini, Jennifer. Elm Creek quilts novel.
Subjects:
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Quiltmakers -- Fiction.
Quilting -- Fiction.
Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Quiltmakers -- Fiction.
Quilting -- Fiction.
Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1451606095
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Chiaverini | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002.
Includes a reading group guide: discussion questions and suggestions.
Includes a reading group guide: discussion questions and suggestions.