Murder in the Mountains

Murder, Moonshine & Mayhem in Western North Carolina

Guns, liquor, racial strife, divisive politics, and war come together in ten well-documented, true-crime stories of nineteenth-century mountain families. In these accounts, unrivaled by any of the Wild West, history and genealogy buffs may be surprised to learn that Asheville was the site of more than one lynching, that the Ku Klux Klan had gained power in the region, or that a US Deputy Marshal got away with murder-seven times.

The author is a descendant of early nineteenth-century mountain settlers. With over thirty years of experience in researching, writing, and publishing, Nadia Dean uncovers some never-before-told sagas and sets right other accounts that missed the mark.

Auteur

Nadia Dean is the author of A Demand of Blood: The Cherokee War of 1776, and the writer/producer/director of the award-winning docudrama Cameron. She is currently at work on two books and a teleplay about North Carolina's nineteenth-century wild frontier. Nadia and her husband, an Eastern Band Cherokee, make their home in the Smoky Mountains.