Dixies last stand was an interesting story about a small town murder case. August 23, 2015 dixies last stand was an interesting story about a small town murder case. The iowa woman killed her husband after enduring years of abuse. Almost a year or so later she is caught and made to stand trial. Custer, sitting bull, and the battle of the little bighorn. Once the officials knew a crime had been committed it was solved in just a few weeks and written about in just a few pages. In dixies last stand, journalist john ferak gives us an impeccably researched and wellwritten account of the dixie shanahan case. Mythologized as custers last stand, the june 1876 battle has been equated with other famous last stands, from the spartans defeat at thermopylae to davy.
Finally, this game was the last major sporting event that featured two exclusively white teams. Major pettigrews last stand by helen simonson goodreads. Ive often criticized books for excessive detail, but this book is the exception to the rule. The conclusion to a storyline that changed the spiderman world forever. I was interested in the book until we delved into the trial of the murder. Slowly, inevitably, integration would come to the end zones and hash marks of the south, and though no one knew it at the time, the texas vs. Dixie shanahan had a terribly troubled and abusive marriage in t. Ferak weaves a gripping narrative while exploring important topics such as battered wife syndrome and mandatory sentencing laws. The reader learned very little about the investigation and then the next thing you knew it was on to the trial. Custer, sitting bull and the battle of the little big horn by philbrick, nathaniel isbn.
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