... was a book that involved preoccupations with wealth and class. In this novel, Hurstwood never made it into the "walled city"; he remained an outsider until the pain was so unbearable that he ended his life. In Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, Robert Cohn was never invited into the circle of friends that his fellow travelers had already created. This led to an emotional breakdown for Cohn from ... own "Melungeon Man", its title referring to a mysterious strain of folks scattered through the mountains" (104). She also said, "Regardless of the origins of the Melungeons, that ballad c...

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