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Copyright © 2011 by Alan Cheuse
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cheuse, Alan.
Song of slaves in the desert / by Alan Cheuse.
p. cm.
1. Slavery--Africa--History--Fiction. 2. Slavery--Southern States--History--Fiction. 3. Plantations--Southern States--History--Fiction. 4. Jews--Southern States--History--Fiction. 5. Jewish fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H436S66 2011
813’.54--dc22
2010048514