Author: Mary Elizabeth Pope
Publisher: Blair
ISBN: 9781949467710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rural Arkansas. In 1926 in rural Green County, Arkansas, where cotton and poverty reign, young Coralee Harper hopes for a family and a place in her community, but when her brother Buddy is killed by a powerful sheriff, she can't recover from his death or the injustice of his loss. When she begins to spot her dead brother around town, she wonders--is she clairvoyant, mistaken, or is she losing her mind? What Coralee can't fathom is that there are forces at work that threaten her and the very fabric of the town: Leroy Harrison, a newly minted, ambitious lawyer who makes a horrible mistake, landing him a judgeship and a guilty conscience for life; an evangelical preacher and his flock of snake-handling parishioners; the women of the town who, along with Coralee's own mother, make up their own kind of jury for Coralee's behavior; Sheriff Wiley Slocum who rules the entire field, harboring dark secrets of his own; and finally, Coralee's husband Earl, who tries to balance his work at the cotton gin with his fight for family and Coralee's life. When Coralee ends up in a sanity hearing before Judge Leroy Harrison, the judge must decide both Coralee's fate and his own. The chain of events following his decision draws him more deeply into the sheriff's far-reaching sphere of influence, and reveals the destructive nature of power, even--and especially--his own.
The Gods of Green County
Author: Mary Elizabeth Pope
Publisher: Blair
ISBN: 9781949467710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rural Arkansas. In 1926 in rural Green County, Arkansas, where cotton and poverty reign, young Coralee Harper hopes for a family and a place in her community, but when her brother Buddy is killed by a powerful sheriff, she can't recover from his death or the injustice of his loss. When she begins to spot her dead brother around town, she wonders--is she clairvoyant, mistaken, or is she losing her mind? What Coralee can't fathom is that there are forces at work that threaten her and the very fabric of the town: Leroy Harrison, a newly minted, ambitious lawyer who makes a horrible mistake, landing him a judgeship and a guilty conscience for life; an evangelical preacher and his flock of snake-handling parishioners; the women of the town who, along with Coralee's own mother, make up their own kind of jury for Coralee's behavior; Sheriff Wiley Slocum who rules the entire field, harboring dark secrets of his own; and finally, Coralee's husband Earl, who tries to balance his work at the cotton gin with his fight for family and Coralee's life. When Coralee ends up in a sanity hearing before Judge Leroy Harrison, the judge must decide both Coralee's fate and his own. The chain of events following his decision draws him more deeply into the sheriff's far-reaching sphere of influence, and reveals the destructive nature of power, even--and especially--his own.
Publisher: Blair
ISBN: 9781949467710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rural Arkansas. In 1926 in rural Green County, Arkansas, where cotton and poverty reign, young Coralee Harper hopes for a family and a place in her community, but when her brother Buddy is killed by a powerful sheriff, she can't recover from his death or the injustice of his loss. When she begins to spot her dead brother around town, she wonders--is she clairvoyant, mistaken, or is she losing her mind? What Coralee can't fathom is that there are forces at work that threaten her and the very fabric of the town: Leroy Harrison, a newly minted, ambitious lawyer who makes a horrible mistake, landing him a judgeship and a guilty conscience for life; an evangelical preacher and his flock of snake-handling parishioners; the women of the town who, along with Coralee's own mother, make up their own kind of jury for Coralee's behavior; Sheriff Wiley Slocum who rules the entire field, harboring dark secrets of his own; and finally, Coralee's husband Earl, who tries to balance his work at the cotton gin with his fight for family and Coralee's life. When Coralee ends up in a sanity hearing before Judge Leroy Harrison, the judge must decide both Coralee's fate and his own. The chain of events following his decision draws him more deeply into the sheriff's far-reaching sphere of influence, and reveals the destructive nature of power, even--and especially--his own.
Picturesque Catskills, Green County
Author: Richard Lionel De Lisser
Publisher:
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Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
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Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
W. F. Matthews
Author: Travis Monday
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411607880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The true story of a God-and-Country American.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411607880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The true story of a God-and-Country American.
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Author: John Wilkes
Publisher:
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The New Time
Author:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Holstein Breeder and Dairyman
Author:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The African American Encyclopedia: The Sport of the Gods-Zydeco. Index
Author:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Deals extensively with the African American experience in the United States from the very beginning up to the present day with an in-depth examination of the history and contributions of a people who want to be recognized.
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ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Deals extensively with the African American experience in the United States from the very beginning up to the present day with an in-depth examination of the history and contributions of a people who want to be recognized.
True Links
Author: George Peper
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579653952
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The most challenging, most invigorating holes a golfer can tackle. In this beautiful book, Peper and Campbell, two writers who know golf inside and out, provide a concise and entertaining tour of the world's best links courses. Full color.
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579653952
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The most challenging, most invigorating holes a golfer can tackle. In this beautiful book, Peper and Campbell, two writers who know golf inside and out, provide a concise and entertaining tour of the world's best links courses. Full color.
Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art
Author: Miranda Green
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134893930
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Radical new interpretation of Celts and their way of life
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134893930
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Radical new interpretation of Celts and their way of life
The Green Bag
Author:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Includes index. 1 v.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Includes index. 1 v.