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May 1, 1974 · It is the mid-1950s in Quarrytown, Georgia. In the slum known as the Ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life. Earl Whitaker, who is white, and Tio Grant, who is black, are both teenagers, both orphans, and best friends.
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- Jeff Fields
Sep 25, 2006 · A Cry of Angels: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.) Paperback – September 25, 2006. It is the mid-1950s in Quarrytown, Georgia. In the slum known as the Ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life.
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- Jeff Fields
Sep 15, 2010 · Jeff Fields’s exuberantly defined characters and his firmly rooted sense of place have earned A Cry of Angels an intensely loyal following. Its republication, more than three decades since it...
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- Jeff Fields
- University of Georgia Press, 2010
Sep 25, 2006 · In the slum known as the Ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life. Earl Whitaker, who is white, and Tio Grant, who is black, are both teenagers, both orphans, and best friends.
Nov 8, 2022 · a cry of angels. by. jeff fields. Publication date. 1974. Publisher. mcclelland and stewart ltd. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Jayell Crooms, a gifted but rebellious architect, is stuck in a loveless marriage to a conventional woman intent on climbing the social ladder. Crooms's vision of a new Ape Yard, rebuilt by its own residents, unites the four-and puts them on a collision course with Doc Bobo, a smalltown Machiavelli who rules the community like a feudal lord.
- Jeff Fields
Jan 1, 1974 · A Cry of Angels captures a pivot point in American history. It's seen through the eyes of a 14 year old boy, left to raise himself after the traumatic death of his parents. His friendship with a solitary individual - a large, Indian man, is his salvation.
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- Jeff Fields