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The Ballad of Tom Dooley
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The Ballad of Tom Dooley

Sharyn McCrumb
2011
311 pages
MurderFictionTriangles (Interpersonal relations)Mountain lifeHistoryFiction, romance, historical, generalCrime, fictionNorth carolina, fiction

A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording reimagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched account that reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.

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