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In the House of Wilderness
In the House of Wilderness
A NOVEL
CHARLES DODD WHITE
Swallow Press / Ohio University Press
Athens, Ohio
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
For
A., E., and I.
These lonesome people in the wild places, it is their nature to speak; they must cry out their sorrows like the wild birds.
—Frank O’Connor
Wilderness. The word itself is music.
—Edward Abbey
Contents
Part I
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