A Murder in Virginia

A Murder in Virginia
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-13 : 0393326063
ISBN-10 : 9780393326062
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Book Synopsis A Murder in Virginia by : Suzanne Lebsock

Download or read book A Murder in Virginia written by Suzanne Lebsock and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the events surrounding the dramatic post-Civil War trial of a young African American sawmill hand who was accused of ax murdering a white woman on her Virginia farmyard and who implicated three other women in the crime.


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