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A prayer for the dying : a novel / Stewart O'Nan.
Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying tells of a horrible epidemic that has gripped the town in a vise of fear and death. Jacob Hansen, Friendship’s sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed, though he continues to do what he can. But Jacob cannot control the plague’s rapid spread, the panic that takes over Friendship, or his own feelings of despair. Dark, poetic, and chilling, A Prayer for the Dying makes us consider if it’s possible to be a good man in a time of madness.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805061479 (HB : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780805061475 (HB : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 195 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Holt, 1999.
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| Subject: | Diphtheria > Fiction. Epidemics > Fiction. Bereavement > Fiction. Wildfires > Fiction. Despair > Fiction. Summer > Fiction. Neighbors > Fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Fiction. Friendship (Wis.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Horror fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | F O'Na | 32269000916091 | Adult - Fiction | Available | - |
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