Lift Up Your Head, Tom Dooley

Lift Up Your Head, Tom Dooley
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Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000035562473
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Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lift Up Your Head, Tom Dooley by : John Foster West

Download or read book Lift Up Your Head, Tom Dooley written by John Foster West and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Dula's trial unveiled a sordid story of sexual immorality, resentment, jealousy and bitterness, and he was convicted and hanged before a huge crowd in Statesville, an event that drew national attention. The story lived on, in time becoming entwined with myth and legend, because it inspired a ballad that was sung throughout the mountains.

The True Story of Tom Dooley

The True Story of Tom Dooley
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9781625844996
ISBN-13 : 1625844999
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The True Story of Tom Dooley by : John Edward Fletcher

Download or read book The True Story of Tom Dooley written by John Edward Fletcher and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crime that shocked post-Civil War America and inspired the folk song that became The Kingston Trio’s hit, “Tom Dooley.” At the conclusion of the Civil War, Wilkes County, North Carolina, was the site of the nation’s first nationally publicized crime of passion. In the wake of a tumultuous love affair and a mysterious chain of events, Tom Dooley was tried, convicted and hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. This notorious crime became an inspiration for musicians, writers and storytellers ever since, creating a mystery of mythic proportions. Through newspaper articles, trial documents and public records, Dr. John E. Fletcher brings this dramatic case to life, providing the long-awaited factual account of the legendary murder. Join the investigation into one of the country’s most enduring thrillers. “Fletcher has spent a great deal of time researching almost all of the characters involved with the Foster homicide and has gone further than any researcher I know in establishing the relationships—blood, marriage and social—between the major actors in the tragedy.”—Statesville Record & Landmark

Dr.Tom Dooley's Three Great Books

Dr.Tom Dooley's Three Great Books
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Total Pages : 420
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Download or read book Dr.Tom Dooley's Three Great Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life Flows on in Endless Song

Life Flows on in Endless Song
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780252076503
ISBN-13 : 0252076508
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Life Flows on in Endless Song by : Robert V. Wells

Download or read book Life Flows on in Endless Song written by Robert V. Wells and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past

Who killed Laura Foster?

Who killed Laura Foster?
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9788743014676
ISBN-13 : 8743014674
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Who killed Laura Foster? by : Jan Kronsell

Download or read book Who killed Laura Foster? written by Jan Kronsell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of Laura Foster in 1866 has been the source of many legends and both in fiction and non-fiction it has inspired many authors. The murder, which in the end led to the conviction and execution of Thomas C. Dula, also inspired the famous song, The Ballad of Tom Dooley. In this book I go through the surviving records from the time and tell the story based on these facts, before I try to give my own explanation of what actually happened in Western North Carolina in the difficult times following the American Civil War.

A Tree Accurst

A Tree Accurst
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9780807860915
ISBN-13 : 0807860913
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Tree Accurst by : Daniel W. Patterson

Download or read book A Tree Accurst written by Daniel W. Patterson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a wintry night in 1831, a man named Charlie Silver was murdered with an axe and his body burned in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. His young wife, Frankie Silver, was tried and hanged for the crime. In later years people claimed that a tree growing near the ruins of the old cabin was cursed--that anyone who climbed into it would be unable to get out. Daniel Patterson uses this "accurst" tree as a metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of the local community, the wider world, and the noted Appalachian traditional singer and storyteller Bobby McMillon. For nearly 170 years, the memory of Frankie Silver has been kept alive by a ballad and local legends and by the news accounts, fiction, plays, and other works they inspired. Weaving Bobby McMillon's personal story--how and why he became a taleteller and what this story means to him--into an investigation of the Silver murder, Patterson explores the genesis and uses of folklore and the interplay between folklore, social and personal history, law, and narrative as people and communities try to understand human character and fate. Bobby McMillon is a furniture and hospital worker in Lenoir, North Carolina, with deep roots in Appalachia and a lifelong passion for learning and performing traditional songs and tales. He has received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award from the state's Arts Council and also the North Carolina Folklore Society's Brown-Hudson Folklore Award.

Love Valley

Love Valley
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0879727608
ISBN-13 : 9780879727604
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Love Valley by : Conrad Eugene Ostwalt

Download or read book Love Valley written by Conrad Eugene Ostwalt and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Valley is a small town in rural North Carolina. Its genesis in 1954 marked the fulfillment of a dream for founder Andy Barker. Barker cultivated two visions as a young man--he wanted to build a Christian community, and he wanted to be a cowboy. The result of his vision is Barker's utopian experiment. The town boasts a saloon, general store, hitching posts, and rodeos. Yet, above all of this stands a little church--the heart of what Barker conceived as his Christian utopia. This unique combination has led to more than forty years of philanthropic ventures, controversial events such as the Love Valley Rock Festival, stories and legends, and political ambition. Love Valley: An American Utopia captures the history of this town in narrative form while arguing that Love Valley's founders were motivated by utopian goals.