A mill worker named Joe Christmas, who is probably of mixed heritage but light-skinned enough to pass for white, goes on a murderous rampage through the South. A shut-in preacher named Gail Hightower has visions of Confederate soldiers who accuse him of betraying his blood. A pregnant teen named Lena Grove walks through several states to find the man who knocked her up.
First Sentence:
“Sitting beside the road, watching the wagon mount the hill toward her, Lena thinks, 'I have come from Alabama: a fur piece.'”
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