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The true story of Tom Dooley : from western North Carolina mystery to folk legend / John Edward Fletcher, PhD.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781626190436
  • ISBN: 1626190437
  • ISBN: 9781540208460
  • ISBN: 154020846X
  • Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The murder of Laura Foster -- The trials of Tom Dula -- The adultery -- The pox -- The trial documents and witnesses -- The evidence, the trial and the conclusions -- Myths, errors and lies -- The ballads.
Subject:
Dula, Tom, 1843 or 1844-1868.
Foster, Laura, -1865 or 1866.
Murderers > North Carolina > Biography.
Murder > North Carolina > Wilkes County > Case studies.
Wilkes County (N.C.) > History, Local.
Genre:
Biographies.
Case studies.

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  • 23 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library 364.13 FLE (Text) 37810434996962 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library 364.1523 FLE (Text) 50503011196385 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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