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Who killed Laura Foster?: My view on a 150-year old murder
Who killed Laura Foster?: My view on a 150-year old murder
Who killed Laura Foster?: My view on a 150-year old murder
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The murder of Laura Foster in 1866 has been the source of many legends and both in fiction and non-fiction it has inspired many authors.

The murder, which in the end led to the conviction and execution of Thomas C. Dula, also inspired the famous song, The Ballad of Tom Dooley.

In this book I go through the surviving records from the time and tell the story based on these facts, before I try to give my own explanation of what actually happened in Western North Carolina in the difficult times following the American Civil War.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 9, 2020
ISBN9788743081708
Who killed Laura Foster?: My view on a 150-year old murder
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Jan Kronsell

Jan Kronsell bor i Brøndby i Danmark. Han har blandt andet været officer i Søvværnet, Systemkonsulent hos IBM og arbejder pt. som underviser på en handelsskole. Han har besøgt USA og det vestlige North Carolina utallige gange, og forventer at skulle besøge området mange gange i fremtiden. Har tidligere udgivet bøgerne: Land of Friendliness and Beauty - A Danes Guide to Western North Carolina (2018). Denne bog i engelsk version. Vejen til Petaluma (2019). Mere eller mindre underlige og måske kedelige rejseoplevelser fra USA og lidt til. The Doctor's Secret - Another version of the Tom Dooley Legend (2019). Kortroman om mordet, der gav anledning til den berømte sang. Who Killed Laura Foster? (2020). De undersøgelser, fakta og overvejelser, der ligger til grund for kortromanen.

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