A tree accurst : Bobby McMillon and stories of Frankie Silver

A tree accurst : Bobby McMillon and stories of Frankie Silver /

Frankie Silver was hanged for the murder of her husband. Later, people claimed that a tree growing near the cabin in which Charlie Silver had been buried was "accurst". This work uses the "accurst" tree metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of...

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Main Author: Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Series:North Carolina history & culture anthology.
NC LIVE module.
Subjects:
Silver, Frankie > Legends.
McMillon, Bobby > Contributions in folklore.
Silver, Frankie.
Tales > North Carolina > Mitchell County > History and criticism.
Murder > North Carolina > Mitchell County > Folklore.
Oral tradition > North Carolina > Mitchell County.
Mitchell County (N.C.) > Folklore.
Fictional Work
Fiction.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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