Sharyn McCrumb
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb comes a finely wrought novel set in nineteenth-century West Virginia, based on the true story of one of the strangest murder trials in American history--the case of the Greenbrier Ghost. Lakin, West Virginia, 1930 Following a suicide attempt and consigned to a segregated insane asylum, attorney James P.D. Gardner finds himself under the care of Dr. James Boozer. Fresh out of medical school, Dr....
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1998
Physical Desc
13 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One hundred years after a woman is hanged, the search for justice reveals a story of faith, obsession, and murder.
In 1832, 18-year-old Frankie Silver was charged with murdering her young husband. In 1833, she became the first woman in the state of North Carolina to be hanged for murder. But was she guilty? More than 100 years later, Tennessee sheriff Spencer Arrowood is determined to reveal the truth behind this unanswered question. A spellbinding...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
Description
The brainchild of trust fund baby Christine Berenson, the Vagenya team quickly grabs national attention, first with its sponsor and then with its driver. Through a racing season of dizzying highs and terrifying lows, Team 86 will face the thrill of victory and the agony of bad press to prove that women can do a man's job. And when the unthinkable happens, each will realize that they've been hurtling at breakneck speed toward a moment that will change...
Author
Series
Ballad novels volume 11
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Suddenly thrust into the role of primary caretaker for her family following the tragic death of her husband, Ellie Robbins is appointed to serve out his term as sheriff of their rural Tennessee mountain town. The year is 1936, and her role is largely symbolic, except for the one task that only a sheriff can do: execute a convicted prisoner. Ellie has long proven she can handle herself. But becoming sheriff is altogether different, and the demands...
Author
Series
Ballad novels volume 8
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Journalists descend on a remote town in Virginia in 1934 to cover the trial of Erma, 21, a mountain girl with a teaching degree, accused of killing her father--a drunken tyrant. Carl, 18, a novice journalist from Tennessee, accurately reports the trial while other journalists allow their stories to be manipulated. As a result, Carl is accused of perjury and turns to his cousin Nora Bonesteel, gifted with the 'sight,' to help prove he wrote a truthful...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording reimagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched account that reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.