Sharyn mccrumb, new york times bestselling author of the acclaimed ballad series set in appalachia, explores the ties between a reluctant female sheriff and a condemned man in this stunning and powerfully written depressionera novel. These alternating voices are, on the surface, very different. Here, mccrumb turns serious as she explores death from many angles. The hangmans beautiful daughter 1992 she walks these hills 1994 the rosewood casket 1996 the ballad of frankie silver 1998 the songcatcher 2001 ghost riders. In the 1700s a woman katie is caputred by indians and taken away after her family is killed. Music and reading from rank strangers, the original title of sharyns novel, ghost riders. And a beautiful young girl who has lost her family in a tragedyand yet one of the. The devil amongst the lawyers is flatout brilliant and transcendent, a book that gets everything exactly right.
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