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Barbara asked this question about The Underground Railroad:

Does anyone like that the author wrote the railroad as a physical, operating one? I felt it unnecessary and beyond the scope of possibility.

Yuko Shimizu I was really confused at first, and also felt it was unnecessary. But as I read along, I was sold to the plot. The book talks about that the stations …moreI was really confused at first, and also felt it was unnecessary. But as I read along, I was sold to the plot. The book talks about that the stations that got discovered, their tunnels were filled so the railroad wouldn't get discovered. There were so many lives lost, so many ways slaves escaped, so many unknown heroes who ran 'underground railroad', and much are without any records. the book convinces you to the readers that it is entirely possible that some of them could have been actual railroad. (less)

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Marta Carrasco I bought the book when I heard the underground railway was made "real". Fell into the Magical Realism genre? ...more
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