The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft

by Cathy Moore, Illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young First Avenue Editions 2/1/2002, paperback SKU:  9780876147870   On December 21, 1848, Ellen Craft and her husband, William, slipped out into the cold, dark night and took their first steps towards freedom. They were runaway slaves. Posing as a white man traveling with a slave, Ellen courageously boarded a train bound for Philadelphia. Could they actually make it a thousand miles without being discovered? As each tension-filled day passed and freedom got closer, Ellen and William risked everything - even death - to be free.