Murder Along the Cape Fear is the story of Fayetteville and Fort
Bragg, North Carolina, during the twentieth century. Seen through
the eyes of a native son, this is the tale of one - a distinguished
historian - who lived through some of it and heard about much of it
from friends and relatives. In this hundred-year journey the town
was profoundly impacted by the establishment of Fort Bragg 10 miles
to its west. Throughout this hundred-year history, murder seems to
be the scarlet thread that stitched the town into infamy. The book
demonstrates that Fayetteville was by no means innocent prior to
the coming of Fort Bragg. Nor did all of the crime and evil emanate
from Fort Bragg after 1918. As for murder, there was an abundance
of killing that had no connection with Fort Bragg, but the most
sensational murder case of the century involved Jeffrey MacDonald,
a Green Beret Army captain and physician who received three life
terms in federal prison for killing his pregnant wife and two
daughters. While many other Fort Bragg soldiers were involved with
murders along the Cape Fear, murders were also committed by
transient civilians and local citizens like the famous inventor of
the M-1 carbine, Marshall "Carbine" Williams, and Velma Barfield,
who poisoned her mother and three other people. In all, about two
dozen murder cases-some highly publicized and some not-are woven
into this story about a North Carolina town in the twentieth
century. Engagingly told, this book is a wonderful blend of
history, lore, and murder.
General
| Imprint: |
Mercer University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2005 |
| First published: |
September 2005 |
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
270 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-86554-966-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
|
| LSN: |
0-86554-966-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780865549661 |
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