Great escapes (HarperCollins) | Minuteman Library Network

In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad.

3) Civil War breakout

Author

Brown, W. N

Series

Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 3
Great escapes) volume 3

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

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"In 1863, Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A. G. Hamilton led fifteen desperate Union soldiers out a grimy tunnel underneath the nightmarish Confederate-run Libby Prison in Richmond, VA"--

4) Survival in the wilderness

Author

Otfinoski, Steven

Series

Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 4
Great escapes) volume 4

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Spoken CD

Description

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"In December 1920, three US Navy officials boarded a hot air balloon for a routine training flight, but end up stranded in the Canadian wilderness"--

5) Terror in the tower of London

Author

Brown, W. N

Series

Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 5
Great escapes) volume 5

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

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London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea...

6) Across the minefields

Author

Toler, Pamela D

Series

Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 6

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

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June, 1942--Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night--crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory--to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge.