The Chaneysville Incident; A Novel
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [2], 432, [2] pages. Inscribed by author on Dedication page. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. This is a work of historical reconstruction; the appearance of certain historical figures is therefore inevitable. All other characters are the product of the author's imagination. The Chaneysville Incident won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves. John, the historian, struggles to solve the mystery of his father, Moses Washington, a moonshiner with a troubled past. Imagination, hunting, death, and racial tensions all make thematic appearances in this novel. Chaneysville is in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. More