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Sharyn McCrumb's
Ballad Novels
Through
the Ballad Novels, McCrumb celebrates her ancestors and the land of the
mountain South, crafting a story rich with tradition and the true
character
and
spirit
of that breathtaking region. The novels are listed in order most recently
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"Some wars don't end when the
generals shake hands and go home." -- Malinda Blalock, from Ghost
Riders
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Trace one American family from the Revolutionary
War to the present by following an English ballad as it is handed down
through the generations.
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On
July 12, 1833, Frankie Silver became
the first woman in the state of North Carolina to be hanged for murder.
Burgess Gaither, the 1832 Clerk of the Court for Burke County, narrates
the story from her arrest to her execution. As he began to understand
the true nature of events, he wonders if there is such a thing as equal
justice under the law.
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"Dying cost nothing and could be done
alone;
otherwise, Randall Stargill might have lived forever."
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"Don't shoot! It might be Harm!" say
the
new bumper stickers in east Tennessee.
Hiram (pronounced in mountain dialect Harm)
Sorley is the focus of a
manhunt involving most of the area's law
enforcement officers. There's just one
problem: nobody wants him caught.
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The first stirrings of The Hangman's Beautiful
Daughter were a series of images that bobbed up out of my subconscious...
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"I
wonder who lives in that house," I thought for the hundredeth time.
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