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Surprised by death : a novel of Arkansas in the 1840s by George E. Lankford is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Opening with the senseless killing of a boy, and not just any boy but the scion of a proud family, Lankford's novel is the stuff of classic fiction. Who would harm such a promising lad; perhaps the folks whose farmhouse is nearest? A man lives there who has sworn to get even with the boy's father. Has he done so by killing an innocent? To many it is sensible to assume so. A posse is formed, a manhunt ensues. Is it really necessary, given the blood feud between the boy's pa and the man whose hous
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- George E. Lankford
- Publisher
- Butler Center for Arkansas Studies ; Eurospan [distributor
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781935106081
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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