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You're Going to Buy the Place, Aren't You?

A House with a Long Forgotten Past

by Lawrence Lengel

You're Going to Buy the Place, Aren't You?
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You're Going to Buy the Place, Aren't You?

A House with a Long Forgotten Past

by Lawrence Lengel

Published Aug 29, 2012
158 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Historical / General



 

Book Details

An old house can present both old and new problems

“You’re going to buy the place, aren’t you?” is a fictionalized account of what might have happened when an educated professional woman discovers that the house she has just bought in Pennsylvania had once been owned by a slave owner and housed a slave. She attempts, with some success, to find out what happened to the slave and in the process has several problems with the house. She also falls in love. The character, Negro Alexander, the house and the cistern are all real but the story connecting them is fiction.

 

About the Author

Lawrence Lengel

Lawrence Lengel is a retired educator presently living in southern Pennsylvania. He has worked professionally in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Previously he had published a journal article on two underappreciated leaders of the Civil War. His interests include fishing, music, woodworking, and reading. He is married and has two daughters, two grandchildren, and one great grandchild.