The hard to catch mercy : a novel /
Baldwin, William P.
The hard to catch mercy : a novel / William Baldwin. - Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (pages). - Southern Revival Series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- THE HARD TO CATCH MERCY -- Title -- Copyright -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Ruth and Naomi -- The First Days -- Mercy -- Mr. Friendly's Christmas -- The Hat Shop -- Mr. Friendly's Easter -- The Prodigal Son -- The Biscuit Thief -- The Prodigal Daughter -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Red Dragon -- The Sin of David -- Liza's Wedding -- Liza's Honeymoon -- Finis.
From Lowcountry writer William Baldwin comes a new edition of his 1993 Lillian Smith Award--winning novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy. Including a new introduction by the author, this Southern Revivals edition makes available once more a story that touches on the issues of religion, race, and coming-of-age in the post--Civil War South, when the lines between these issues were not always clear. Set in fictional Cedar Point, a small Southern community in the early 1900s, The Hard to Catch Mercy is told through the eyes of a young boy, Willie T., who is forced to confront the changing world around him. Including a cast of incredibly outlandish characters, Baldwin's novel is a wild, darkly comic tale rich with trick mules, Christian voodoo, fire, brimstone, first love, death and the end of the world as Willie T. knows it.
9781611175226
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Electronic Books.
PS3552 / .H373 2015
The hard to catch mercy : a novel / William Baldwin. - Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (pages). - Southern Revival Series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- THE HARD TO CATCH MERCY -- Title -- Copyright -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Ruth and Naomi -- The First Days -- Mercy -- Mr. Friendly's Christmas -- The Hat Shop -- Mr. Friendly's Easter -- The Prodigal Son -- The Biscuit Thief -- The Prodigal Daughter -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Red Dragon -- The Sin of David -- Liza's Wedding -- Liza's Honeymoon -- Finis.
From Lowcountry writer William Baldwin comes a new edition of his 1993 Lillian Smith Award--winning novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy. Including a new introduction by the author, this Southern Revivals edition makes available once more a story that touches on the issues of religion, race, and coming-of-age in the post--Civil War South, when the lines between these issues were not always clear. Set in fictional Cedar Point, a small Southern community in the early 1900s, The Hard to Catch Mercy is told through the eyes of a young boy, Willie T., who is forced to confront the changing world around him. Including a cast of incredibly outlandish characters, Baldwin's novel is a wild, darkly comic tale rich with trick mules, Christian voodoo, fire, brimstone, first love, death and the end of the world as Willie T. knows it.
9781611175226
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Electronic Books.
PS3552 / .H373 2015