Ramshackle House|Mrs. Down's House in Intruder in the Dust (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2015-06-09 15:26
Text: 
Intruder in the Dust
Location Key: 
Ramshackle House|Mrs. Down's House
Display Label: 
Mrs. Downs' House
Map Icon: 
House
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
Sanctuary
X: 
1218
Y: 
878
Description: 

Mrs. Downs, the "old white woman" who makes her living telling fortunes, curing hexes and finding lost things for an African American clientele, lives in "a small filthy shoebox of a house that smells like a foxden in a settlement of Negro houses" (69).

Role: 
Only Mentioned in Text
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Lower-class House

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Mrs. Downs

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