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David - Rilegato

Robertson, Ray

 
9780887624124: David
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 088762412X ISBN 13: 9780887624124
Casa editrice: Thomas Allen Pub, 2009

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God and whiskey have got me where I am. Too little of the one, too much of the other.--David King, Chatham, Canada, 1895. Born a slave in 1847, but raised as a free man on the world-renowned, African-American Elgin Settlement near present-day Chatham, Ontario, David King is a man whose life has been defined by his violent rebellion against the very person who freed him--the Reverend William King. Far from the pulpit he was intended to fill as the Reverend King's anointed successor, David has lost his faith in God and humanity. He has also turned his back on both his past and his own people by abandoning the Elgin Settlement for nearby Chatham after a final, shattering confrontation with the Reverend King. Undoubtedly, the most unconventional man in town, David is also--thanks to his illegal after-hours tavern, Sophia's, and his highly lucrative grave robbing business--one of Chatham's richest citizens, white or black, and certainly its best read. Triggered by the news of the e

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Editore
Thomas Allen Pub
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
088762412X
ISBN 13 
9780887624124
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
292
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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