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The Ballad of Frankie Silver
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- Author
- Sharyn McCrumb
- Narrator
- Sharyn McCrumb
- Publisher
- Phoenix Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 1 January 1998
- Run Time
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In 1832, 18-year-old Frankie Silver was charged with murdering her young husband. In 1833, she became the first woman in the state of North Carolina to be hanged for murder. But was she guilty? More than 100 years later, Tennessee sheriff Spencer Arrowood is determined to reveal the truth behind this unanswered question. A spellbinding story that sweeps from the drawing rooms of early aristocracy to the ruins of a one-room cabin deep in the Appalachian wilderness, The Ballad of Frankie Silver flawlessly weaves past and present, truth and fiction, folklore and legend.
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Details
- Author
- Sharyn McCrumb
- Narrator
- Sharyn McCrumb
- Duration
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 1998
- ISBN
- 9781597773959
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Phoenix Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Synopsis
One hundred years after a woman is hanged, the search for justice reveals a story of faith, obsession, and murder. In 1832, 18-year-old Frankie Silver was charged with murdering her young husband. In 1833, she became the first woman in the state of North Carolina to be hanged for murder. But was she guilty? More than 100 years later, Tennessee sheriff Spencer Arrowood is determined to reveal the truth behind this unanswered question. A spellbinding story that sweeps from the drawing rooms of early aristocracy to the ruins of a one-room cabin deep in the Appalachian wilderness, The Ballad of Frankie Silver flawlessly weaves past and present, truth and fiction, folklore and legend.
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