num_pages: 388
description: A young mountaineer is sentenced to the electric chair in 1914 Arkansas because of the testimony of a thirteen-year-old-girl who was raped in the backwoods of the Ozarks. Nail Chism appears doomed to death-until his innocence is championed by the staff artist of the state's leading newspaper. "A superbly rewarding novel" (Christian Science Monitor). Harvest American Writing series
language: English
title: The Choiring of the Trees
titlecomplete: The Choiring of the Trees
genres: Fiction, Southern, American, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 622
places: Arkansas
series: Stay More
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich