The mapmaker's children : a novel
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New York : Crown Publishers, [2015].
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Book
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First edition.
ISBN
9780385348904 : HRD, 0385348908 : HRD
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311 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385348904 : HRD, 0385348908 : HRD

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"When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad's leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can't bear children, but as the country steers toward bloody civil war, Sarah faces difficult sacrifices that could put all she loves in peril. Eden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, moves to an old house in the suburbs and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the root cellar--the remains of an Underground Railroad doll with an extraordinary past of secret messages, danger and deliverance. Ingeniously plotted to a riveting end, Sarah and Eden's woven lives connect the past to the present, forcing each of them to define courage, family, love, and legacy in a new way"--,Provided by publisher.
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"The Mapmaker's Children is the story of Sarah Brown, the vibrant, talented daughter of abolitionist John Brown. Her conventional life trajectory is dynamically changed when she's told the shocking news that she can't bear children and stumbles into her father's work on the Underground Railroad. Realizing that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the movement's leading mapmakers. Since many runaways are unable to read and cannot carry obviousmaps demarcating safe houses, Sarah takes her cues from the slave code quilts of her abolitionist colleagues, hiding her maps within her paintings. But joining the mission makes her a target for the same bigotry and hatred that led to the execution of herfather and is steering the country toward a bloody civil war. Interwoven with Sarah's adventure is the present-day story of Eden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, who moves to an old house in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the root cellar--the remains of an Underground Railroad doll with an extraordinary past of secret messages, danger and deliverance. Sarah and Eden's connection bridges the past and present, forcing each of them todefine courage, family, love and legacy in a new way"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McCoy, S. (2015). The mapmaker's children: a novel (First edition.). Crown Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCoy, Sarah, 1980-. 2015. The Mapmaker's Children: A Novel. Crown Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCoy, Sarah, 1980-. The Mapmaker's Children: A Novel Crown Publishers, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McCoy, Sarah. The Mapmaker's Children: A Novel First edition., Crown Publishers, 2015.

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