The unquiet grave : a novel
(Book)
Author
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
[M] McCrumb
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[M] McCrumb
1 available
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Sharyn McCrumb comes a finely wrought novel set in nineteenth-century West Virginia, based on the true story of one of the strangest murder trials in American history--the case of the Greenbrier Ghost. Lakin, West Virginia, 1930 Following a suicide attempt and consigned to a segregated insane asylum, attorney James P.D. Gardner finds himself under the care of Dr. James Boozer. Fresh out of medical school, Dr. Boozer is eager to try the new talking cure for insanity, and encourages his elderly patient to reminisce about his experiences as the first black attorney to practice law in nineteenth-century West Virginia. Gardner's most memorable case was the one in which he helped to defend a white man on trial for the murder of his young bride--a case that the prosecution based on the testimony of a ghost..."--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American lawyers -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Murder -- West Virginia -- Greenbrier County -- Fiction.
Shue, Erasmus Stribbling, -- 1861 or 1862-1900 -- Fiction.
Shue, Zona Heaster, -- -1897 -- Fiction.
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Murder -- West Virginia -- Greenbrier County -- Fiction.
Shue, Erasmus Stribbling, -- 1861 or 1862-1900 -- Fiction.
Shue, Zona Heaster, -- -1897 -- Fiction.
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCrumb, S. (2017). The unquiet grave: a novel (First Atria books hardcover edition.). Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948-. 2017. The Unquiet Grave: A Novel. Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948-. The Unquiet Grave: A Novel Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCrumb, Sharyn. The Unquiet Grave: A Novel First Atria books hardcover edition., Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
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