The Scapegoat: Book IV of the Beulah Quintet - Paperbackby Mary Lee Settle (Author) An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedom In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, The Scapegoat propels the readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal