A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth
- ISBN-10
- 0679429638
- ISBN-13
- 9780679429630
- Series
- A Tidewater Morning
- Category
- Fiction
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-09-01
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- William Styron
Description
Three stories detail a former slave's return to his birthplace, the impact of war on personal relationships, and a mother's death, all viewed through the eyes of a youth in Tidewater Virginia
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