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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lakin, WestVirginia, 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. Boozer is eager to try the new talking cure for insanity, and encourages his elderly patient to reminisce about his experiences as the first black attorney to practice law in nineteenth-century West Virginia. Gardner's most memorable case...
Author
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution, he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatened his settlement--promising to burn the farms and kill families--the war became personal. That arrogant officer is Patrick Ferguson of the British Army--who is both charmingly antagonistic and surprisingly endearing. Inventor of the Ferguson rifle, and the devoted...
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Series
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
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Description
With a career spanning decades, and superlatives from reviewers nationwide-whose bestselling novels have been named Notable Books by the New York Times and the LA Times-this is one of Sharyn McCrumb's most cherished novels.
The stage is set for family drama when Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons come home to build him a coffin made from the special cache of rosewood he has saved for this purpose. Meanwhile,...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Haunted by a memory, Lark McCourry traces the passage of a song through generations of her family, from a Scottish island through the pages of American history, to the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina. As the memory of the song dims over the years, Lark's only hope of preserving her family legacy lies in mountain wisewoman Nora Bonesteel, who talks to the living and the dead.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a sensationalized 1934 trial involving an Appalachian Virginia teacher's alleged murder of her tyrant father, novice journalist Carl Jennings is denounced by a greedy media determined to portray the defendant as a backwards mountain girl.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The New York Times Bestseller
Set in the Appalachian wilderness and blending legends and folklore with high suspense, this stellar novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, is considered one of McCrumb's crowning achievements.
In 1833 Frankie Silver was an eighteen-year-old girl convicted of murder in Burke County, North Carolina. Through a detailed investigation, the local sheriff, and soon all the townsfolk, discover reason to question her guilt---but...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb returns to the heart-racing world of NASCAR with Once Around the Track. Badger Jenkins, a driver past his prime, is recruited by an all-female pit crew to drive their new car. But every woman has a different plan to get the car into the fast lane, and it's not long before the women collide-both on and off the track.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Depressed over her missing husband, Elizabeth MacPherson is hospitalized. Her brother, Bill, buys a mansion to use as his law office, and finds a codger-in-residence who may be an outlaw. Meanwhile, Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws, an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney, who cruise pickup joints and wreak vengeance on lust-crazed men.
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Series
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth pushes up her wedding date to Cameron Dawson when she learns that he has been invited to a garden party whose illustrious guest list includes none other than the Queen of England. As Elizabeth frantically prepares to tie the knot, she finds herself unraveling a local mystery.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sharyn McCrumb's Edgar Award-winning series features the savvy exploits of forensic anthropologist and not-so-amateur sleuth Elizabeth MacPherson. In MacPherson's Lament, family troubles in Virginia spin out of control, forcing Elizabeth to leave her adopted Scotland to sort out the multiplying problems. Struggling to start a new law practice in Danville, Virginia, Bill MacPherson will handle almost any case, even his parents' divorce. But when he...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
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
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fan favorite Sharyn McCrumb teams with professional race car driver Adam Edwards for this high-speed tale of horsepower and high jinx. When hotshot stock car driver Camber Berkley crashes his ride on a winding mountain road, the wreckage interrupts the funeral of a wealthy racing fan. The folks of Judas Grove, Tennessee, give Camber a choice. He can either spend three months in the slammer, or he can train the local ministers as they prepare for a...
Author
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When someone buys the old Honeycutt house, Nora Bonesteel is glad to see some life brought back to the old mansion, even if it is by summer people. But when the new owners decide to stay in their summer home through Christmas, they find more than old memories in the walls. Nora agrees to help sort things out and is drawn into a time and place she never expected to revisit. Meanwhile, Sheriff Spencer Arrowood and Deputy Joe LeDonne find themselves...
17) St. Dale
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Taking a bus tour of Southern speedways called the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Pilgrimage is not what Judge Bekasu Holifield had in mind for her vacation, but it was her sister's turn to select their vacation trip. Despite her lack of interest, Bekasu agrees to go on the bus tour with her sister Justine and their cousin Cayle. Surpisingly, this tour will change everyone's life dramatically, even the skeptic Bekasu.