A Prayer for the Dying

Stewart O'Nan
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Set just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying is the story of a small Wisconsin town gripped by a mysterious, deadly epidemic, and one man desperate to save it. Torn between his loyalty to his family, his faith in God, and his terror of this vicious disease, Jacob Hansen struggles to preserve his sanity amid the chaos and violence around him.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionHorrorHistoricalLiterary FictionNovelsCivil War19th CenturyBook ClubLiterature
208 Pages

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