Lay this body down
"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 u...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Arcade CrimeWise,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First Arcade CrimeWise edition. |
| Series: | Fergus, Charles. Gideon Stoltz mystery series ;
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 304 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781956763447 1956763449 |
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