The Ballad of Tom Dooley

by Sharyn McCrumb

Book Overview

A literary triumph-what began as a fictional re-telling of the historical account of one of the most famous mountain ballads of all time became an astonishing revelation of the real culprit responsible for the murder of Laura Foster Hang down your head, Tom Dooley…The folk song, made famous by the Kingston Trio, recounts a tragedy in the North Carolina mountains after the Civil War. Laura Foster, a simple country girl, was murdered and her lover Tom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312558171
• ISBN13: 9780312558178
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"