| Wicked Lexington, North Carolina Contributor(s): Sink, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609493095 ISBN-13: 9781609493097 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - True Crime - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| LCCN: 2011013957 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.99" W x 9.08" (0.48 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
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| Publisher Description: Nestled within the heart of North Carolina's Piedmont lies Lexington, a town with a history so iniquitous that few dare to tell the tales. Discover how a veritably unknown young singer named Elvis Presley wiggled and gyrated his way through town, and how the Jolly Black Widow claimed her third husband (and victim) in a string of doomed love affairs. It was here in Lexington that an obscene mail menace sent hundreds of depraved letters to wholesome families, and on a sleepy summer day, police seized nine barrels of illicit liquor only to be stolen back and imbibed by the original owners that night. Travel with local author Alice Sink down the streets of old-time Lexington to view a city riddled with all manner of unsavory deeds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sink, Alice: - Alice E. Sink is the published author of books and numerous short stories, articles and essays in anthologies and in trade and literary magazines. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. For thirty years, she taught writing courses at High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, where she received the Meredith Clark Slane Distinguished Teaching/Service Award in 2002. The North Carolina Arts Council and the partnering arts councils of the Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub Program awarded Sink a 2007 grant to promote her writing. |