The Ballad of Tom Dooley (35 page)

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Sharyn McCrumb is the author of
The Rosewood Casket, She Walks These Hills,
and many other acclaimed novels. Her books have been named Notable Books of the Year by
The New York Times
and the
Los Angeles Times
. She was named a “Virginia Woman of History” for achievement in literature in 2008. She lives and writes in the Virginia Blue Ridge, less than a hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790 in the Smoky Mountains that divide North Carolina and Tennessee.

For more information, please visit her Web site at
www.sharynmccrumb.com
.

THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS
.

An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE BALLAD OF TOM DOOLEY
. Copyright © 2011 by Sharyn McCrumb. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McCrumb, Sharyn, 1948–

The ballad of Tom Dooley : a ballad novel / Sharyn McCrumb.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

e-ISBN 9781429990486

1.  Dula, Tom, 1843 or 4–1868—Fiction.   2.  Triangles (Interpersonal relations)—Fiction.   3.  Murder—North Carolina—Wilkes County—History—19th century—Fiction.   4.  Mountain life—North Carolina—Fiction.   5.  North Carolina—Fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3563.C3527B357   2011

813'.54—dc22

2011019929

First Edition: September 2011