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Ginny Gall : a life in the South
Title:
Ginny Gall : a life in the South
Author:
Smith, Charlie, 1947- author.
ISBN:
9780062250551
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
451 pages ; 24 cm
Abstract:
"Delvin Walker is just a boy when his mother flees their home in the Red Row section of Chattanooga, accused of killing a white man. Taken in by Cornelius Oliver, proprietor of the town's leading Negro funeral home, he discovers the art of caring for the aggrieved, the promise of transcendence in the written word, and a rare peace in a hostile world. Yet tragedy visits them near daily, and after a series of devastating events--a lynching, a church burning--Delvin fears being accused of murdering a local white boy and leaves town"--Jacket flap.