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From lowcountry writer William Baldwin comes a new edition of his 1993 Lillian Smith Award-winning novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy. Including a new introduction by the author, this Southern Revivals edition makes available once more a story that touches on the issues of religion, race, and coming-of-age in the post-Civil War South, when the lines between these issues were not always clear. Set in fictional Cedar Point, a small southern community in the early 1900s, The Hard to Catch Mercy is told through the eyes of a young boy, Willie T., who is forced to confront the changing world around him. Including a cast of incredibly outlandish characters, Baldwin's novel is a wild, darkly comic tale rich with trick mules, Christian voodoo, fire, brimstone, first love, death, and the end of the world as Willie T. knows it.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Series Editor’s Preface
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Ruth and Naomi
  2. pp. 1-8
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  1. The First Days
  2. pp. 9-42
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  1. Mercy
  2. pp. 43-72
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  1. Mr. Friendly’s Christmas
  2. pp. 73-102
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  1. The Hat Shop
  2. pp. 103-130
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  1. Mr. Friendly’s Easter
  2. pp. 131-148
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  1. The Prodigal Son
  2. pp. 149-170
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  1. The Biscuit Thief
  2. pp. 171-196
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  1. The Prodigal Daughter
  2. pp. 197-222
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  1. The Grapes of Wrath
  2. pp. 223-248
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  1. The Red Dragon
  2. pp. 249-272
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  1. The Sin of David
  2. pp. 273-296
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  1. Liza’s Wedding
  2. pp. 297-314
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  1. Liza’s Honeymoon
  2. pp. 315-336
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  1. Finis
  2. pp. 337-338
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