The Guns of Meeting Street: A Southern Tragedy - Hardcover

Dorn, T. Felder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570034257 ISBN 13: 9781570034251

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

One of the great rivalries in Southern history is depicted here, with copious details on the feud that ripped two families apart and spawned a sensational series of killings, trials, and executions in the 1940s.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"If you have any interest in history or true crime, The Guns of Meeting Street is a winner."— Spartanburg Herald Journal

"Dorn’s rigorously researched book unfolds in a clear, straightforward style that renders the events all the more disturbing."—The State

"Dorn’s extremely impressive book has all the elements—is fascinating in its entirety. And for every reader who loves a good mystery, The Guns of Meeting Street is available to intrigue, inform, incite and excite. It’ll never get a chance to gather dust on any bookshelf."—Union (N.J.) Leader

About the Author:

Born in Bowman, South Carolina, T. FELDER DORN is a professor of chemistry at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, where he has held administrative and teaching posts since 1973. A graduate of Duke University and the University of Washington in Seattle, Dorn also taught chemistry for twelve years at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is the author of The Tompkins School, 1925–1953: A Community Institution, the record of a consolidated rural school in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Dorn lives in Millburn, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1570034257
• ISBN 13: 9781570034251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440