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      The Hard to Catch Mercy

      by William P. Baldwin III
      Published
      Jun 1993
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      464
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      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.

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      Jan 1995 Ballantine ISBN13 9780449909447 ISBN10 0449909441
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      May 2005 History Press ISBN13 9781596290228 ISBN10 1596290226
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      Apr 2015 University of South Carolina Press ISBN13 9781611175219 ISBN10 1611175216
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      First Edition Jun 1993 Algonquin ISBN13 9781565120259 ISBN10 1565120256
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      Mar 2015 University of South Carolina Press ISBN13 9781611175226 ISBN10 1611175224
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      Mar 2015 University of South Carolina Press ISBN10 B00OM3M8E2
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