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Author Brooks, Bill, 1943- author.

Title Tom Dooley : American tragedy / by Bill Brooks.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Five Star, 2016.
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F BROOKS, B.    Storage
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  BROOKS, BILL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC BROOKS, J    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 349 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "Some men return from war to a life of peace, and some never return at all. Tom Dooley returned from the Civil War and became embroiled in a tumultuous affair with Ann Foster Melton, a married woman. Their affair is openly known throughout the community. Later, Tom becomes involved with two of Ann's cousins, Pauline Foster and Laura Foster. When it is learned that Tom is about to elope with Laura, who is then found murdered, there are plenty of suspects, Tom being the principal one. He along with Ann Foster are arrested for the crime. After a while, Tom claims that Ann had nothing to do with the murder, although he does not openly admit his own guilt. He is tried and defended by the state's former governor, Zebulon Vance. Though found guilty twice, there are those who believe Tom is innocent, openly wondering why he had reason to kill the girl he was going to run away with" -- Amazon.com.
Subject Dula, Tom, 1843 or 1844-1868 -- Fiction.
Dula, Tom, 1843 or 1844-1868. (OCoLC)fst01816603
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Murder -- North Carolina -- Wilkes County -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Fiction.
Mountain life. (OCoLC)fst01028269
Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (OCoLC)fst01156439
North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204304
North Carolina -- Wilkes County. (OCoLC)fst01208168
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781432832278 (hardcover)
1432832271 (hardcover)
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