The night inspector a novel

Busch, Frederick 1941-2006 (Author).

Summary: An immensely powerful story which follows the extraordinary life of William Bartholomew. A maimed veteran of the Civil War, William Bartholomew returns from the battlefields to New York City, bent on reversing his fortunes. It is there he meets Jessie, a Creole prostitute who engages him in a venture that has its origins in the complexities and despair of the conflict he has left behind. He also befriends a deputy inspector of customs named Herman Melville who, largely forgotten as a writer, is condemned to live in the wake of his vanished literary success and in the turmoil of his fractured family. William mounts an operation to free a group of children held as slaves in Florida.

Record details

ISBN: 9780609607688 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 0609607685 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
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278 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, c1999.

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Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. New York : Crown Publishing Group, 1999. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1015 KB).
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