A Tree Accurst
Subtitle: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: August 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807848739
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Folklore; Social history; Sociology; Mitchell County; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; North Carolina; Murder; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Frankie Silver; Bobby McMillon; folklore; Charlie Silver; North Carolina; law; social history /; History / United States / State & Local; Folklore & Mythology; Tales; History and criticism; Oral tradition
First sentence: Between the ages of twelve and sixteen, Bobby McMillon came to realize, he says, "where the meaning of my life was at": a passion for oral traditions.