{"product_id":"the-chaneysville-incident-paperback","title":"The Chaneysville Incident - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e rivals Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e as the best novel about the black experience in America since Ellison's\u003cem\u003e Invisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated with a new foreword by the author in celebration of its fortieth anniversary, the classic PEN\/Faulkner Award-winning novel about a man's obsessive quest to uncover the circumstances of his father's death and his town's murky history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLegend has it something happened in Chaneysville . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Washington is coming home to Chaneysville. Old Jack Crawley, his father's closest friend and John's guardian, is dying, and the young man will care for him in his final days. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the brilliant and embittered black historian, it is a return that will plunge him deep into the past, into the dark secrets of this town and the buried evil of his heritage. Investigating the death of his father, Moses, a moonshiner with a difficult past, John must come to terms with his family's proud and tragic history and the terrible truth of this white rural town close to the Mason Dixon line-- a waystation for slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad--that he once called home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of John's relationship with his family, his hometown, and the woman he loves--and the indelible bonds between past and present, oppression and bondage, history and myth, faith and guilt, love and acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767355146528,"sku":"9780063135628","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/80c9006051ee3ba1eb03cd3b8e4d87fc.webp?v=1780309840","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-chaneysville-incident-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}