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The Lost Boy follows four family members through a multivocal lens, each voice revealing the joys, struggles, and tragedies of growing up in a mountain town of North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. The story captures the era’s sense of loss, the impact of railroad travel, and the close-knit ties of rural American life.
First publish date: 1965
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Thomas Wolfe
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