{"title":"Ann Hagedorn","description":"Ann Hagedorn has been a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and has taught writing at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is the author of Wild Ride, Ransom, Beyond the River, Savage Peace, Invisible Soldiers,  and Sleeper Agent.","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-the-river-the-untold-story-of-the-heroes-of-the-underground-railroad-paperback","title":"Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis powerful and necessary tale from Black American history brings to brilliant life the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeyond the River\u003c\/i\u003e, Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought \"the war before the war\" along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family, and his fellow abolitionists--some of them former slaves themselves--risked their lives to guide thousands of freedom seekers safely across the river into the state of Ohio, even when a sensational trial in Kentucky threatened to expose the Ripley \"conductors.\" Rankin, the leader of the Ripley line and one of the early leaders of the 19th century abolitionist movement, became nationally renowned after the publication of his Letters on American Slavery, a collection of letters he wrote to persuade his brother in Virginia to renounce slavery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid narrative about memorable people, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the River\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring story of courage and heroism that transports us to another era and deepens our understanding of the great social movement known as the Underground Railroad.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366085722335,"sku":"9780684870663","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0bDxyXbPy_9780684870663.webp?v=1789080843"},{"product_id":"sleeper-agent-the-atomic-spy-in-america-who-got-away-paperback","title":"Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"historical page-turner of the highest order\" (The Wall Street Journal) tells the chilling, little-known story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project during World War II, perfect for fans of The Americans and nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.Born in Iowa, schooled in science at Columbia University, and as American as baseball, George Koval was the ultimate secret agent. Because he had security clearances to the Manhattan Project, he was able to pass invaluable classified information that helped Soviet scientists produce an atomic bomb years earlier than US experts had expected. The FBI only identified him several years after he had returned to the Soviet Union, and in 2007, Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded him Russia's highest civilian honor for his contribution to the Soviet atomic bomb program. As William J. Broad wrote in The New York Times, Koval was \"one of the most important spies of the twentieth century,\" but because of his success he is also the least known. Sleeper Agent is his fascinating story, a real-life thriller as gripping as any spy novel and \"worthy of John le Carre\" (The New York Journal of Books).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369498312927,"sku":"9781501173950","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Pd4GjvLb3q9781501173950.webp?v=1789142497"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ann-hagedorn.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}