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Hard to Catch Mercy

by William P. Baldwin III · 1993

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Told by a young boy forced to deal with the changing world around him in fictional Cedar Point, Baldwin's story touches on religion, race and coming of age in the post-Civil War South, when the lines dividing these issues were not clear.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisSouth CarolinaSouth CarolinaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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