Mandingo

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Author: Kyle Onstott Publisher: Crest t202 Year: 1961 Print: 7 Cover Price: $0.75 Condition: Very Good Plus Genre: Adult Fiction Mandingo is a novel by Kyle Onstott, published in 1 957. The book is set in the 1830s in the antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo (or Mandinka) slave Ganymede, or Mede. It is a tale of cruelty toward the blacks of that time, detailing vicious fights, poisoning, and violent death. Show more