Hounded To Death

Hounded to Death is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2008 by American Artists, Inc.

Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Lee Gildea, Jr.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Brown, Rita Mae.

Hounded to death: a novel / Rita Mae Brown.

p. cm.

1. Arnold, Jane (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Fox hunting—Fiction. 3. Dog shows—Fiction. 4. Virginia—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.R698H626 2008b 813'.54—dc22 2008026625

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