Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and by Denise White Parkinson,Dale P. Woodiel

Published March 17, 2017 by admin

By Denise White Parkinson,Dale P. Woodiel

The once-thriving houseboat groups alongside Arkansas' White River are long past, and few have in mind the sensational homicide tale that set neighborhood darling Helen Spence on a sad direction. In 1931, Spence stunned Arkansas while she avenged her father's homicide in a DeWitt court docket. The kingdom quickly came across that no legal may carry her. For the 1st time, criminal documents are unveiled to supply a necessary portrait. sign up for writer Denise Parkinson for an intimate examine a Depression-era tragedy. The legend of Helen Spence refuses to be forgotten--despite her unmarked grave.

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