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    Colonial Tales
    Colonial Tales
    Colonial Tales
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    Colonial Tales

    By Vitor Cassius

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    In a hovel, a mother needs to watch his sick son for love and fear... A cowboy decides to persecute one by one the killers who flayed his brother skin... In Africa, a boy realize that he was sold by his father to slavery.
    These short stories were told around the campfire. They will be true, false or just exaggerated? 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVitor Cassius
    Release dateApr 25, 2020
    ISBN9781393825593
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