The Ballad of Frankie Silver, Sharyn McCrumb
The Ballad of Frankie Silver, Sharyn McCrumb
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver

Author: Sharyn McCrumb

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 14 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/1998

Synopsis

Award-winning, New York Times best-selling novelist Sharyn McCrumb crafts absorbing, lyrical tales featuring the rich culture and lore of Appalachia. In the compelling The Ballad of Frankie Silver, she deftly weaves past and present with legend and truth to create a suspenseful portrait of tragic death. As a convicted killer awaits execution in Tennessee, Sheriff Spencer Arrowood wonders if he arrested the right man years ago. Searching for answers, he discovers shocking parallels with a case more than a century old—the controversial hanging of a 19-year-old North Carolina woman. Suddenly he finds himself in a frantic struggle to stop history from repeating itself. Colorful Appalachian characters step from the pages with Sharyn McCrumb’s masterful storytelling and Barbara Rosenblat and Jeff Woodman’s dramatic dual narration. You can learn more about the author as she speaks in an exclusive interview recorded in our Recorded Books’ studios. For other fascinating Appalachian stories, try: If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O and She Walks These Hills. Narrators: Jeff Woodman, Barbara Rosenblat

About Sharyn McCrumb

Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad novels. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature, the AWA Book of the Year, and Notable Books in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She was also named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature. She lives and writes in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, fewer than one hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by RUTH on 2009-04-10 12:49:38

A GREAT BOOK! I CRIED WHEN FRANKIE's fate was revealed. I WAS SO INVOLVED IN HER LIFE THAT I WEEPED! SHARYN MCCRUMB IS SUCH A GOOD AUTHOR THAT EACH BOOK YOU READ BECOMES YOUR FAVORITE UNTIL YOU READ HER NEXT ONE.

Goodreads review by Larry on September 25, 2010

Frankie Silver was a real person,the first woman hanged in the state of North Carolina, on July 12, 1833. Hers was a tragic story - 18 years old when brought to trial for the murder of her husband, mother of an infant daughter.Convicted in a two-day trial, she was not allowed by law to testify in he......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on July 27, 2021

Based on the historical story of Charlie and Frankie Silver’s complicated case. I loved this novel. Nuanced and layered with many facets of the complications of law, justice and humanity. Powerful and highly recommended for anyone who is interested in going into police work, social services and/or c......more

Goodreads review by Chad on October 07, 2014

The Ballad of Frankie Silver is the only Sharyn McCrumb novel I've read. And that's to my loss. I read the paperback version of The Ballad of Frankie Silver about five years ago and I've kept it on my shelf ever since, knowing I'll reread it at least a couple more times over the next few years. Yeah......more

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