Beyond the River The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad

Name: Beyond the River The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
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ISBN: 9780684870663

ISBN-10: 0684870665

ISBN-13: 9780684870663

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ann Hagedorn

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From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river. InBeyond the River,Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought "the war before the war" along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family,…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 2/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Ann Hagedorn has been a writer for The Wall Street Journal and special projects editor for the New York Daily News and has taught narrative writing at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. She currently lives in Ripley, Ohio.



Preface: A Double Life



The War Before the War



The Kindling and the Spark



Visions and Ideals



On the Wings of His Words



River of Anguish



"My Dear Brother"



The Lantern in the Window



1831



Speak Truth to Power



Family



Agitation



Mobocracy



The Seventy



Two Abductions and a Murder



1838



Waves Break on Either Shore



"Mercy Enough?"



The Trap



"The Matter Is Highly Mysterious"



Exposing the Chain



"These Men Are Dangerous"



The Unappeasable Spirit



Midnight Assassins



A New Season



Double or Nothing



By Fire and Sword



"Thus Have I Been Attacked"



"A Victim of the Slave Power"



Parker's Ferry



With Spur and Rein



Neighbors



Beyond the River



Prison Doors



The Quickening Flow



Broken Vessel



Echoes


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index