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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Scapegoat

Scapegoat

Settle, Mary Lee

Paperback

Series: Mary Lee Settle Collection

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 1570031177
ISBN13: 9781570031175
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: Mar 1 1996
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.02
Language: English

An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedom

In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, The Scapegoat propels the readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal miners' strike when distant relatives of Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, face off in a dispute that escalates in the slaughter of an innocent man. Emotions escalate to a frenzy of violence as Mother Jones, leader of the striking miners, calls for action in a community devastated by Southern resignation and by guilt associated with selling out to Eastern investors.

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