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The Chaneysville Incident
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'The Chaneysville Incident' is a 1981 novel by David Bradley. The novel won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves. John, the historian, struggles to solve the mystery of his father, Moses Washington, a moonshiner with a troubled past. Imagination, hunting, death, and racial tensions all make thematic appearances in the novel. Chaneysville is in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Category:1981 novels
Category:Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Category:Novels about American slavery
Category:Novels set in Pennsylvania
Category:Harper & Row books
Category:PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning works
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