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When her captain dies under suspicious circumstances

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Practical Heart: Four Novellas Social Science and the stakes could notTitle: Practical Heart: Four Novellas Author: Allan Gurganus ISBN: 9780375727634 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2002 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Reprint Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: In his fictional Falls, North Carolina a watchful zone of stifling mores Allan Gurganus's fond and comical characters risk everything to protect their improbable hopes from prejudice, poverty, betrayal. Seeking warmth and