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      Walking Across Egypt

      by Clyde Edgerton
      Published
      Jan 1987
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      240
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      An unlikely friendship forms between a spunky senior and an orphaned delinquent in this humorous and "rollicking" Southern novel (Publishers Weekly).

      "An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners." —The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

      She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt—which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who at seventy-eight might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake… . . . Wise witty, down-home and real, Walking Across Egypt is a book for everyone.

      "Warm and comforting. . . . A beautiful story of determination, made more poignant by a Southern small-town setting." —Library Journal

      "A winner, a homespun romp that I suspect Mark Twain would have loved." —The State (Columbia, SC)

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Feb 1988 Ballantine ISBN 0345346491
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      First Edition Jan 1987 Algonquin ISBN 0912697512
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      Feb 1988 Turtleback Books ISBN 0785728988
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      Jan 1987 Algonquin ISBN 1565129059
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      Jan 1987 Algonquin Books ISBN B009NLFRXW
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      Apr 1988 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN 081614379X
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