Which meant she spent a lot of time in libraries. I was at the Archives of Appalachia in Boone, where I scrolled through census records and looked up biographies of all the lawyers and read up on the time period. I went to libraries in Tennessee to check out their census records. There were dozens of librarians who were generous with their time, helping me make sense of all this. It is set in two time periods, present day and the the 1830s.
Part is told in first-person narrative.
All the documents, letters and transcripts from which Sharyn quotes are absolutely accurate. Had she not been a poor, penniless, girl from the mountains, brought to town for her trial, she never would have been charged with this crime, much less hanged. I want readers to read this book with their minds working, and think about these issues. Copyright 1999 Ingram Book Company. All rights reserved.