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Daughter of the Legend
Resource ID: 2308
Type: book, fiction
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- UPDATED: 6.17.2025
- status: high-priority, in progress
- Melungeons, racism, race+ethnicity, women
editor:
John H. Spurlock
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date:
1.20.2016
ISBN:
9780945084426
pages:
242
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contents:
description:
A regional love story set in the hills of Tennessee against a backdrop of mystery and racial misunderstanding. Dave, a young lumberjack, falls in love with Deutsia, a Melungeon girl. Her people are shunned by the valley people and the relationship splits the lifetime friendship of Dave and his best friend, Ben. Edited and preface written by John H. Spurlock and the afterword by Brent Kennedy.
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