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The Killing Ground: Book V of the Beulah Quintet
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The Killing Ground: Book V of the Beulah Quintet Paperback - 1996

by Mary Lee Settle


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An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedom

The Killing Ground begins in 1978 with the return of Hannah McKarkle to her hometown of Canona, West Virginia, where she sets out to remove the shroud of mystery that has surrounded her brother's murder for more than two decades. In her quest Hannah pieces together a collective history of Canona, peels away the facades that mask the town's "best people," and becomes acquainted with the community's unpretentious citizenry. Her search for truth reveals a heritage that extends back to Johnny Church of Prisons, bringing the story of The Beulah Quintet full circle and yielding a tale told with moving conviction.

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With The Killing Ground Mary Lee Settle completes her grand design for The Beulah Quintet, an unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, and identity and the meaning of freedom. The novel begins in 1978 with the return of Hannah McKarkle to her hometown of Canona, West Virginia, from which she set out nearly two decades before to remove the shroud of mystery surrounding her brother's death. In her attempt to understand his murder, Hannah pieces together a collective history of Canona and peels away the facades that mask its "best people". In addition to revealing the love affairs, hatreds, resentments, and hypocrisies of Canona's ruling class, she becomes acquainted with the community's unpretentious citizenry with whom her fate is equally tied. Hannah's quest reveals a heritage that extends back to Johnny Church of Prisons, bringing the story of The Beulah Quintet full circle and yielding a tale told with moving conviction.

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  • Title The Killing Ground: Book V of the Beulah Quintet
  • Author Mary Lee Settle
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 404
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina
  • Date 1996-05-01
  • ISBN 9781570031182 / 1570031185
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.53 x 1.08 in (20.35 x 14.05 x 2.74 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Autobiographical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96002222
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Mary Lee Settle was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and has lived in England, Turkey, and New York. Her novel Blood Tie won the National Book Award and her novel Choices received the Lillian Smith Award for fiction. Settle's other works include the novels Charley Bland, Celebration, The Clam Shell, The Love Eaters, The Kiss of Kin and a memoir, All the Brave Promises. Settle now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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