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The Cattle Killing
The Cattle Killing
Author: John Edgar Wideman
In plague-ridden eighteenth-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher searches for a mysterious, endangered African woman. His struggle to find her and save them both plummets them both into the nightmare of a society violently splitting itself into white and black. Spiraling outward from the core image of a cattle killing--the Xhos...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395877500
ISBN-10: 0395877504
Publication Date: 9/15/1997
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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I really wanted to like this book. The story was unique and interesting, but the language was very hard to get through. It's a slow read, but a good story.


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