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Language English ISBN 0-06-010491-0 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 19 Originally published 1981 Publisher Harper Genres Novel, Fiction | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1981 OCLC 7177101 LC Class PS3552.R226 C5 1981 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Similar PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners, Fiction books |
The Chaneysville Incident is a 1981 novel by David Bradley. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves. John, the historian, struggles to solve the mystery of his father, Moses Washington, a moonshiner with a troubled past. Imagination, hunting, death, and racial tensions all make thematic appearances in this novel. Chaneysville is in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
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