The Chaneysville Incident
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The Chaneysville Incident | |
Author | David Bradley |
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Country | USA |
Language | English |
Publisher | Harper & Row Publishers |
Publication date | 1981 |
ISBN | 0-06-010491-0 - |
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.