The last days of dogtown

Description

Set on Cape Ann in the early 1800s, [this book] is peopled by widows, orphans, spinsters, scoundrels, whores, free Africans, and "witches." ... Among the inhabitants of Dogtown are Black Ruth, an African woman who dresses as a man and works as a stone mason; Mrs. Stanley, an imperious madam whose grandson, Sammy, comes of age in her rural brothel; Oliver Younger, who survives a miserable childhood at the hands of a very strange aunt; and Cornelius Finson, a freed slave whose race denies him everything. At the center of it all is Judy Rhines, a fiercely independent soul, deeply lonely, who nonetheless builds a life for herself and inspires those around her to become more generous and tolerant themselves.-Dust jacket.

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Other Editions

• The last days of dogtownMacmillan2006-01-01
• The Last Days of DogtownScribners2005-08-30
• The Last Days of DogtownScribners2005-08-30
• The Last Days of DogtownPaperbackScribner2006-06-03
• The Last Days of DogtownScribner2006-07-11
• Last Days of DogtownSimon & Schuster, Limited2007-01-01