The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
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The Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn Mccrumb
Ms. McCrumb writes with quiet fire and maybe a little mountain magic. . . . She plucks the mysteries from people's lives and works these dark narrative threads into Appalachian legends older than the hills. Like every true storyteller, she has the Sight.--The New York Times Book Review
In 1935, a beautiful young schoolteacher is accused of murdering her coal-miner father ina Virginia mountain community. National journalists descend on Wise County, intent upon exonerating the defendant, and on stereotyping the mountain community to satisfy their Depression-era readers.
But local cub reporter Carl Jennings writes what he sees: an ordinary town and a defendant who is probably guilty. The novel resonates with the present: an economic depression; a deadly Japanese earthquake; the rise of political fanatics; and a media culture turning news stories into soap operas for the diversion of the masses. A literary tour de force, The Devil Amongst the Lawyers continues the Ballard saga by examining social issues that go well beyond the fate of one defendant. It is a testament to Sharyn McCrumb's lyrical and poetic writing about the mountain South.
Sharyn McCrumb is a New York Times bestselling author noted for her Appalachian Ballad novels such as The Ballad of Frankie Silver, She Walks These Hills, and The Ballad of Tom Dooley. The East Tennessee Historical Society's Wilma Dykeman Prize for Literature and the Audie Award for Outstanding Recorded Book went to Ghost Riders. She was a featured author at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. In 2006, she was named a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement by the White House, and the Library of Virginia named her a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement in 2008. Chowan University in North Carolina gave her the Mary Frances Hobson Award for Southern Writing in 2014.
She is based in Roanoke, Virginia, where she writes. Kirkus Reviews Popular North Carolina author McCrumb (The Songcatcher, etc.) returns with another epic song of a novel, this time a multi-tiered Civil War saga with an otherworldly twist that connects past and present. Publishers Weekly is a publication dedicated to the publishing industry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312558161 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312558163 |
| Title | The Devil Amongst the Lawyers |
| Author | Sharyn Mccrumb |
| Series | Ballad Novels |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thomas Dunne Books |
| Year published | 2010-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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