The Immortal 10: A Story from the Kansas Underground Railroad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781974289493)

In Gary Jenkins' second historical novel (John Brown and the Last Train) about the Kansas Underground Railroad, he tells about how an UGRR conductor is taken into the jails of Weston, Platte City and St. Joseph, Missouri until the Immortal 10 ride to his rescue. The Immortal 10 is based on the 1860 memoir, The Narrative of John Doy, of Lawrence, Kansas. In this exciting story of an interrupted trip up the Underground Railroad the author reveals the dark and dismal life of the Missouri slave trade, ending with an exciting rescue by ten brave men of Kansas. The author combines historical facts with human elements and rich dialogue to reveal life along the border between the Kansas Territory, free territory, and Missouri, a slave state.

Author: Gary Jenkins
ISBN-10: 1974289494
ISBN-13: 9781974289493
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2017
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d