The Guns of Meeting Street: A Southern Tragedy - Softcover

Dorn, T. Felder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570036772 ISBN 13: 9781570036774

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2006

Synopsis

As compelling as fiction, The Guns of Meeting Street reconstructs a series of murders from the early 1940s that rocked rural Edgefield County, South Carolina. Featuring a cast of unlikely antagonists-a prominent store owner, an elementary school teacher, and a law enforcement officer-the acts of revenge resulted in five murders and a trio of executions, including that of the first woman to be electrocuted in South Carolina. Through interviews with members of the two families involved, T. Felder Dorn probes the longstanding feud between the Logues and the Timmermans to uncover this chilling plot of resentment, revenge, and violence. Dorn's careful research weaves together the oral history of family members affected by the shooting with court transcripts, prisoner confessions, and coroners' reports to produce a truly gripping account of the events.

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:

A native of Bowman, South Carolina, T. FELDER DORN is dean emeritus of Kean University in Union, New Jersey, where he was an administrator and professor of chemistry for twenty-eight years before retiring in 2001. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Washington in Seattle and the author of The Tompkins School, 1925–1953: A Community Institution.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1570036772
• ISBN 13: 9781570036774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440