The Ballad of Frankie Silver

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I have several hundred pages of source material on the case, on the individuals involved, and on nineteenth-century law. Below is a list of the more useful volumes, and some more accessible to the reader.

Abbott, Geoffrey.Lords of the Scaffold: A History of Execution.London: Headline, 1992.

Avery, Clifton K.Official Court Record of the Trial, Conviction and Execution of Francis Silvers, First Woman Hanged in North Carolina.Booklet reprinted from articles appearing in the MorgantonNews Herald,1944.

Cotton, J. Randall, Suzanne Pickens Wylie, and Millie M. Barbee.Historic Burke: An Architectural Sites Inventory of Burke County. Morganton, N.C.: Historic Burke Foundation, 1987.

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.

Drimmer, Frederick.Until You Are Dead: The Book of Executions in America.New York: Pinnacle, 1992.

Ervin, Senator Sam J., Jr.Burke County Courthouses and Related Matters. Morganton, N.C.: Historic Burke Foundation, 1985.

The Heritage of Burke County.Edited by H. Russell Triebert, Jean Conyers Ervin, and Marjorie Miller Triebert. Morganton, N.C.: Burke County Historical Society, 1981.

Holland, Eliza Woodfin. “A Grand-Daughter’s Tribute to Her Grandfather.” Article published in theAsheville Citizen, May 3, 1921.

Sakowski, Carolyn. “The Life and Death of Frankie Silver.” Article, privately printed, May 1973.

Sheppard, Muriel Early.Cabins in the Laurel. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1935.

Silver, Wayne.Frankie’s Song: A Collection from the Kona Baptist Church Library.Privately printed, n.d.

Stockton, Dennis. “Diary of a Death Row Inmate.” Series of articles published in theRoanoke Times & World News, July 26-September 28, 1995.

Toe River Valley Heritage.Edited by Lloyd Richard Bailey, Sr. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing, 1994.

Wellman, Manly Wade.Dead and Gone. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1955.