Worthy Brown's daughter
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Margolin, Phillip.
Published
New York, NY : Harper, [2014]., New York, NY : Harper, [2014].
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First edition.
ISBN
9780062195340 (hc), 0062195344
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345 pages ; 24 cm.
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Paso Robles City Library - Adult Fiction - MysteryMYSTERY MARGOLINOn Shelf
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, [2014]., New York, NY : Harper, [2014].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062195340 (hc), 0062195344

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-345).
Description
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.

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LC Subjects
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Freed persons -- Fiction.
Freemen -- Oregon -- Portland -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Legal fiction (Literature)
Murder -- Fiction.
Oregon -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Portland (Or.) -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Rescues -- Fiction.
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.
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Legal stories.
Suspense fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Margolin, P. (2014). Worthy Brown's daughter (First edition.). Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Margolin, Phillip. 2014. Worthy Brown's Daughter. Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Margolin, Phillip. Worthy Brown's Daughter Harper, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Margolin, Phillip. Worthy Brown's Daughter First edition., Harper, 2014.

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