A Bolt of White Cloth

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Ecco Press, 1984 - American fiction - 176 pages

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Contents

A Bolt of White Cloth
7
The Only Daughter
21
Why the Heathens Are No More
49
Copyright

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Agnes arms asked Beaverdeck believe called cloth coat cold coming Coolie didn't dollars don't door dropped Esther eyes face father feel feet felt figure fingers five front getting girl give going gone hair hands happened hard head hear heard heathens hold inside It's John Yanks keep kind kitchen knees knew lady laughed leaving legs light lives looked mama mean mind minute morning mother never nice night once person pretty pulled road Saloam seat seemed seen she'd shoes shoulder side sleep smile sound stand stay stop sure talking tell That's things thought told took trying turned walked watching wife window woman wondered wouldn't You're

About the author (1984)

Leon Rooke was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in 1934. He attended Mars Hill College and the University of North Carolina. In addition to writing novels and short stories, he is also an anthologist and a playwright. He is the recipient of many awards and honours including the Governor General's Fiction Award for "Shakespeare's Dog", the Canada-Australia Prize, the Paperback Novel of the Year Award for "Fat Woman", The Pushcart Prize and the North Carolina Award for Literature. He is the founder and artistic director of Eden Mills Writers' Festival. Rooke currently resides in Winnipeg.

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TitleA Bolt of White Cloth
AuthorLeon Rooke
PublisherEcco Press, 1984
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized15 Sep 2011
ISBN0880010789, 9780880010788
Length176 pages
  
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