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Lift up your head, Tom Dooley : the true story of the Appalachian murder that inspired one of America's most popular ballads / John Foster West.
Van Pelt Library HV6248.D75 W48 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, John Foster, 1918-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dula, Tom, 1843 or 1844-1868.
- Dula, Tom.
- Murderers--North Carolina--Biography.
- Murderers.
- North Carolina.
- Murder--North Carolina--Wilkes County--Case studies.
- Murder.
- North Carolina--Wilkes County.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 134 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Asheboro, N.C. : Down Home Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: page 134.
- ISBN:
- 1878086200
- OCLC:
- 28443958
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