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A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed
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The ten linked stories in Jason Brown’s A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed follow John Howland and his descendants as they struggle with their New England legacy as one of the country’s founding families and the decaying trappings of that esteemed past. Set on the Maine coast, where the Howland family has lived for almost 400 years, the grandfather, John Howland, lives in a fantasy that still places him at the center of the world. The next generation resides in the confused ruins of the 1960s rebellion, while many in the third generation feel they have no choice but to scatter in search of a new identity. In laugh-out-loud prose, Brown creates a staggering portrait of inheritance and identity, which earns him a place among the very best linked-story collections—James Joyce’s Dubliners, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, Alice Munro’s Beggar Maid and Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Front Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-vii
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  1. Front matter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. viii-xi
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  1. Half Title Page
  2. pp. i-ii
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  1. Foreword
  2. KS & SM
  3. pp. xii-xv
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  1. Title Page
  2. p. iii
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  1. Instructions to the Living from the Condition of the Dead
  2. John Stoughton Howland, William Palfry Howland
  3. pp. 1-16
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  1. Copyright Page
  2. p. iv
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  1. The Last Voyage of the Alice B Toklas
  2. John Jacobs Howland, Sarah Libby Howland, John Stoughton Howland
  3. pp. 17-44
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  1. Dedication Page
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Return of the Native
  2. John Jacobs Howland, Sarah Libby Howland, Richard Dudley Saltonstall
  3. pp. 45-56
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  1. Make Way for Ducklings
  2. John Jacobs Howland
  3. pp. 57-74
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  1. Front matter
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Flood
  2. Franklin Mitchell, Betty Howland Mirack, Mainwaring Hayes Howland
  3. pp. 75-92
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. The Wreck of the Ipswich Sparrow
  2. Phoebe Hutchinson Howland
  3. pp. 93-126
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  1. Instructions to the Living from the Condition of the Dead (2003)
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed
  2. John Jacobs Howland, Melissa Baraona, Bridget Hutchinson Howland, John Stoughton Howland
  3. pp. 127-146
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  1. The Last Voyage of the Alice B Toklas (1981)
  2. pp. 17-44
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  1. Goat
  2. Anna Howland, John Jacobs Howland
  3. pp. 147-160
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  1. Return of the Native (1982)
  2. pp. 45-56
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  1. Wintering Over
  2. Charlotte McKinney, Nathan Bradford
  3. pp. 161-180
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  1. Make Way for Ducklings (1990)
  2. pp. 57-74
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  1. Sarah Campbell's Story
  2. Sarah Campbell Howland, Ada Campbell
  3. pp. 181-186
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  1. Flood (1992)
  2. pp. 75-92
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 187
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  1. The Wreck of the Ipswich Sparrow (2000)
  2. pp. 93-126
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. 187-188
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  1. A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed (2001)
  2. pp. 127-146
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  1. Goat (2013)
  2. pp. 147-160
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  1. Wintering Over (2014)
  2. pp. 161-180
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  1. Sarah Campbell’s Story (1741)
  2. pp. 181-186
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  1. About the Author
  2. pp. 187-188
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  1. Back Cover
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