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Original Title:	The Last Runaway
ISBN:	0525952993 (ISBN13: 9780525952992)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Honor Bright Haymaker, Donovan Mills, Mrs. Reed, Belle Mills, Jack Haymaker
Setting:	Faithwell, Ohio,1850(United States)
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2013)

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New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.

In New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier’s newest historical saga, she introduces Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker who moves to Ohio in 1850, only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape.

Nineteenth-century America is practical, precarious, and unsentimental, and scarred by the continuing injustice of slavery. In her new home Honor discovers that principles count for little, even within a religious community meant to be committed to human equality.

However, drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, Honor befriends two surprising women who embody the remarkable power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal costs.

A powerful journey brimming with color and drama, The Last Runaway is Tracy Chevalier’s vivid engagement with an iconic part of American history.

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Title	:	The Last Runaway
Author	:	Tracy Chevalier
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 305 pages
Published	:	January 8th 2013 by E.P. Dutton (first published January 3rd 2013)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adult Fiction. Adult. Literature. 19th Century. Audiobook

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THE LAST RUNAWAY In 1850, Honor Bright, an English Quaker, accompanied her sister, Grace, to the United States. Grace is to be married to a man from their hometown who is now living near Oberlin, Ohio. Honor was to have been married in England, but the wedding was cancelled. When she arrives, her plans abruptly changed and she finds herself having to depend on strangers. The unfamiliar landscape and different lifestlyle cause her much distress, even when she finds a home in a Quaker community.

Great book! My third book in as many months on the subject of slavery.Here we have young Honour Bright and her sister Grace who are English Quakers. Honour is let down by her suitor who marries someone else outside of the faith. When Grace decides to follow her young man and join him in Ohio Honour goes too. Due to fever Honour is left alone in a strange country where the Quakers condemn slavery whilst living amongst it. Her own principles do not allow her to turn away runaways as many of the

One of my favorite authors, I love the historical subjects she picks to write about and she does it brilliantly. In this book she tackles quilting, hat making, the Quakers and the underground railroad. Her writing is so fluid, almost effortless and her characters are so very interesting. I never knew there were so many Quakers here in the states, but I did know their faith kept them from fighting, drinking, and that they strongly believed that everyone was equal. Set in Ohio, many slaves passed

A Quaker girl from England landed up in Faithwell, Ohio, 1850, right in the middle of the Underground Railroad's path. Heartsick and homesick, Honor Haymaker struggled to wrap her mind around the slavery laws of America and the way it was applied in the northern states. Milking cows, sewing quilts, making hay, bottling the bounty of summer for the harsh uncompromising winters, tapping maple trees for syrup, making cheese, obeying her mother-in-law, and being a good wife, drained her from

Ive been an admirer of Tracy Chevaliers novels, especially Girl with a Pearl Earring and Remarkable Creatures, so I looked forward to this novel. Unfortunately, I was disappointed; this book is not of the caliber Ive come to expect from this author.The novel is set in the 1850s in Ohio. Honor Bright, a Quaker, leaves England after being jilted and finds herself in Ohio where she struggles to adapt to a new life. She becomes involved in the Underground Railroad despite the objections of her

Tracy Chevalier is so skilled at getting under the skin of the protagonist in a specific period whether it's a 19th century fossil collector or a 15th century Belgian weaver, you always believe her. Honor Bright is a real person from page 1 of The Last Runaway and you are rooting for her. The book tackles a difficult subject: the rights and wrongs of helping escaping slaves, and the moral issue this poses for Ohios Quakers. Honor struggles to understand this sometimes frightening new country

Simply put, this is one of the BEST historical novels I have ever read.The plot: After being jilted by her fiance in England, Quaker woman Honor Bright decides to accompany her sister Grace to America and help Grace adjust to her upcoming marriage and impending life as a pioneer woman. But when tragedy befalls them, Honor finds herself alone in a strange country, dependent on the kindness of strangers and trying to learn the customs of 1850s Ohio--still a rough and wild place. Furthermore, she