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Author:
McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948-
Title:
The devil amongst the lawyers : a ballad novel / Sharyn McCrumb.
Edition:
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Publisher:
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin,
Copyright Date:
2011, c2010
Description:
viii, 320 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Journalists--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Fiction.
Mountain life--Virginia--Fiction.
Ballads--Fiction.
Journalists--Fiction.
Trials (Homicide)--Fiction.
Mountain life--Virginia--Fiction.
Ballads--Fiction.
Appalachian Region--History--20th century--Fiction.
Virginia, Southwest--20th century--Fiction.
Appalachian Region--History--20th century--Fiction.
Legal stories.
Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.
Summary:
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.
Series:
A ballad novel
McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948- Ballad novels.
ISBN:
0312573626
9780312573621 (pbk.)
LCCN:
bl2011017331
Locations:
DXPB423 -- Dr. Grace O. Doane Alden Public Library (Alden)

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