Willene Hendrick
Autor de Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
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I found Levi Coffin's portion of the book, "Reminiscences," easier to read and more coherent than William Still's "The Underground Rail Road," though both authors have valuable information to share. This is a significant piece of Underground Railroad literature.
I purchased the book at The Gateway Arch National Park and selected it for two reasons: 1) I already knew that Levi Coffin was a Quaker and many Friends worked in the Underground Railroad, and 2) a simple map in the front was relatively accurate regarding the escape routes in Iowa, where I live and I am familiar with those routes. Other books that I considered purchasing did not have this kind of authenticity.… (más)