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Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories

by Gurney Norman · 1977

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A series of short stories unfolds surrounding Wilgus Collier and his large extended family, as the boy grows to manhood in the eastern Kentucky mountains

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coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 118 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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