Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell
Free-spirited young teacher Edith Maxwell returned late one July night in 1935 to her Wise County, Virginia, home and to her conservative and domineering father. Hearing a scuffle, a neighbor arrived to find Trigg Maxwell lying unconscious on the kitchen floor. Within fifteen minutes Maxwell was dead, and the next day Edith and her mother were indicted for his murder. Edith claimed her father had tried to whip her for staying out late. It was said that she retaliated by striking back with a...
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PrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxvii1"No Fire Here"12The Purloined Peas93"A Two-Hour Grilling"144Becoming "Miss Edith"185"A Man of Easy-Going Disposition"316The Mountain Code347Buying Time398Witness for the Prosecution519The Men Decide6410A Mouse in a Trap?7911Trading Places9112"Country People without Much Money"9813"The East" Steps In11014Big Shots in Town11815Let's Have a Show12816"A Change of Scenery"13817"Roman Holiday"14918Coma Tiller's Axe15819"The Least Said, the Least Mended"17020"The Little Sister with the Golden Curls"18321Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure19622Six Coonhounds from Kentucky20423Smith Redux20824"The Wishing Book"21825Goochland22726The Two Eleanors238Epilogue247Afterword251Notes257Bibliographic Essay273Index281
