Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of poems offers a clever take on an old Appalachian folkstory, "The Long Black Veil" -- in which an accused murderer chooses to be hanged instead of admitting that he was making love to his best friend's wife while the murder was being committed -- with over 90 poems recounting the tale from various townspeople's points of view, including the best friend, the murder victim, the judge, and the murderer.
