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Buried Daggers, Furious Queens, and Mythic Disruptions: Kentucky Reconstruction Intrigue in Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ “Record at Oak Hill”

Mary WheelingGoldey-Beacom College, WilmingtonCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 61-72 | Published online: 07 Feb 2021

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