The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Ballad Novel, Library Edition

from SamSattler

The Ballad of Tom Dooley, the latest tale in Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad Series, retells a story that most people only know through the old Kingston Trio song of the same name, if they know even that much. There is, however, a huge difference between the details of the song and what McCrumb's researc...

from ariadne02

Sharyn McCrumb's series of Ballad novels about the strong-minded residents and the scenic beauty of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains usually make a point of debunking regional stereotypes. In its bleak and honest presentation of the roots of a local legend, The Ballad of Tom Dooley takes the...

from susan0316

I really enjoy Southern fiction so was very excited to win a copy of this book. Unfortanately, I had to make myself read it. There was too much detail and too many characters that were not sympathatic or likeable. I read the whole book and thought that the research the author did was fantastic an...

from madamepince

Interesting theory of the relationships between the four protagonists in the Tom Dooley drama that resulted in one murder and, possibly, the execution of an innocent man. McCrumb's style is repetitious and it is difficult to feel sympathy for any of the characters, with the possible exception of ...

from Beamis12

Life was tough for the mountain people in North Carolina, and more so after the civil war. Few marriageable men were alive and woman, during the civil war, did many things they would not normally do only to survive. This is a retelling of the murder of Laurie Foster and the love story of Tom and ...