The devil amongst the lawyers : a ballad novel / Sharyn McCrumb.
In 1934 all the national publications sent their star reporters to remote Virginia to cover the trial of Erma Morton: a beautiful 21-year-old year old mountain girl with a teaching degree, accused of murdering her father--a drunken tyrant of a man. Eager for a new cause celebre to capture the public's imagination, they were counting on reports of horse-drawn buggies, run-down shacks, children in thread-bare clothes--all of the stereotypes of mountain life. But among them is Carl Jennings, an 18-year-old mountain boy on his first job. An eager, honest journalist, he reports accurately--describing telephones, electricity, gas stations, and coal company executives. So when their reports conflict, Carl is condemned, while the seasoned journalists perpetuate the myths of country life--and Erma Morton's guilt or innocence is literally sold to the highest bidder--a wronged woman on trial sells papers. Soon, it is not the murder that is of interest: but the vultures attracted by the deaths. In the midst of all this, Carl continues to search for the truth, relying on his younger cousin, Nora--gifted with the "sight"--for help.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312558161
- ISBN: 9780312573621
- ISBN: 0312558163
- ISBN: 0312573626
- Physical Description: x, 320 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
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- General Note:
- A Thomas Dunne book
- Target Audience Note:
- AdultAdult Follett Library Resources
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