| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
8 audio discs (600 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
100000 |
| Description |
spoken word spw rdacontent |
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audio s rdamedia |
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audio disc sd rdacarrier |
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digital optical rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Performer |
Read by Roger Casey & Candace Thaxton. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Summary |
The Greenbrier Ghost is renowned in American folklore, but Sharyn McCrumb is the first author to look beneath the legend to unearth the facts. Using a century of genealogical material and other historical documents, McCrumb reveals new information about the story and brings to life the personalities in the trial: the prosecutor, a former Confederate cavalryman; the defense attorney, a pro-Union bridge burner, who nevertheless had owned slaves; and the mother of the murdered woman, who doggedly sticks to her ghost story; all seen through the eyes of a young black lawyer on the cusp of a new century, with his own tragedies yet to come. With its unique blend of masterful research and mesmerizing folklore, illuminating the story's fascinating and complex characters. |
| Subject |
Shue, Erasmus Stribbling, 1861 or 1862-1900 -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Shue, Zona Heaster, -1897 -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Murder -- West Virginia -- Greenbrier County -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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African American lawyers -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Trials (Murder) -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Casey, Roger, narrator.
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Thaxton, Candace, narrator.
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| Standard No. |
9781508238959 |
| ISBN |
9781508238959 |
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1508238952 |
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