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The Whippoorwills in the Hills Study Guide

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by August Derleth
About 17 pages (4,952 words)
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Abel Harrop, a loner neither close to his family nor any neighboring farmers, lives in an isolated farmhouse in Harrop's Pocket without electricity and with an old partyline telephone. When Harrop suddenly disappears, those first on the scene are perplexed because they can find no signs of preparation for his departure. Indeed, what evidence there is suggests a hasty exit. A book is even open on a table in the dining room he had turned into a study, as if he had been in the middle of reading it when he left. The lamp he had been reading.....

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The Whippoorwills in the Hills from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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