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Language
  
English

Published in English
  
1978

ISBN
  
0-670-58910-1

Author
  
Fred Mustard Stewart

Country
  
United States of America

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Publication date
  
1978

Pages
  
628

Originally published
  
1978

Page count
  
628

Published in english
  
1978

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A Rage Against Heaven is a 1978 historical novel written by Fred Mustard Stewart, and published by Penguin Books. The story spans the American Civil War, starting with South Carolina's secession from the Union in the first chapter.

Characters

  • Louis "Lew" Crandall - The protagonist, son of Judge Jefferson Crandall. At the beginning, he was attending Princeton University, majoring in medicine.
  • Elizabeth Crandall (née Butterfield) - Lew's wife.
  • Ben Bramwell - Lew's best friend. One quarter Jewish on his father's side. He has a strong sexual interest in girls between the ages of twelve and fourteen.
  • Nicole Louise Crandall - Lew's mother, a French woman.
  • Jethro - Ben's servant, a Negro.
  • Christine - A twelve-year-old mulatto girl won in a poker game by Harvey Winkler.
  • Harvey Winkler - A man who had won Christine in a card game, though he initially claimed that she was his daughter. He was spending the night at Ben's house and was killed by Lew in self-defense.
  • Deborah Butterfield - Elizabeth's younger sister.

    • References

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