Bibliograph

Lay this body down, Charles Fergus

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Lay this body down, Charles Fergus

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lay this body down

Oclc number

1368010277

Responsibility statement

Charles Fergus

Series statement

A Gideon Stoltz mystery

Summary

"Lay This Body Down, the third Gideon Stoltz Mystery, takes place in 1837 during one of the most horrific periods in pre-Civil War America, when human beings were considered chattel and both northern and southern states grew rich from slave labor. A Pennsylvania sheriff like Gideon could choose to uphold the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 or defy that racist law at great peril. In this hard-hitting, action-packed novel, Gideon tries to protect a boy who has fled north from a Virginia plantation--and pays dearly for his principles"--, Provided by publisher

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