Plain Heathen Mischief
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FIRST VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES EDITION, JUNE 2005
Copyright © 2004 by Martin Clark
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Plain heathen mischief / Martin Clark.
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1. Ex-prisoners—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Missoula
(Mont.)—Fiction. 4. False testimony—Fiction. 5. Ex-clergy—Fiction.
6. Baptists—Fiction. I. Title.
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