Other chapters describe the travels of Mr. Culp, a photographer, who is accompanied by his black apprentice, Calvin Harper, and is eventually murdered by Arly Wilcox, a runaway on the losing side.  
This work introduces the Boozers, a mother-daughter team that cons the perverted Kilpatrick, as well as a London Times reporter named Hugh Pryce who dies after climbing a tree. It also describes the odd case of Albion Simms who lives life with a spike stuck in his head and is observed by a German surgeon.  Other chapters describe the travels of Mr. Culp, a photographer, who is accompanied by his black apprentice, Calvin Harper, and is eventually murdered by Arly Wilcox, a runaway on the losing side.  It opens with the taking of the Jameson farm and the introduction of the character Pearl, while a later section describes the romance of Wilma Jones and the banjo playing Coalhouse Walker, Sr., whose son appears in another of its author's works, Ragtime.  For 10 points, identify this 2005 novel whose action revolves around William Tecumseh Sherman's Southern campaign, a work by E.L. Doctorow.
This work introduces the Boozers, a mother-daughter team that cons the perverted Kilpatrick, as well as a London Times reporter named Hugh Pryce who dies after climbing a tree.
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