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Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel : the search for Helen Clevenger's killer
- Title
- Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel : the search for Helen Clevenger's killer / Anne Chesky Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Anne E. Chesky
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plan, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1936, Helen Clevenger's uncle discovered her bloodied body crumpled on the floor of her small room in Asheville's grand Battery Park Hotel. She had been shot through the chest. Buncombe County sheriff Laurence Brown, up for reelection, desperately searched for the white teenager's killer as the public clamored for answers. Even after Sheriff Brown securted a confession from a young Black man, many southerners feared that the crime had not been solved. Author Anne Chesky Smith weaves together varying accounts of the murder and investigation to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Asheville's history"--Page 4 of cover
- Subject
- Clevenger, Helen, 1917-1936 > Death
- 1900-1999
- Murder > North Carolina > Asheville > History > 20th century
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration > North Carolina > Asheville > History > 20th century
- Meurtre > Caroline du Nord > Asheville > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Caroline du Nord > Asheville > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Death
- Murder
- Asheville (N.C.) > History > 20th century
- North Carolina > Asheville
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-202) and index.
- ISBN
- 1467145602
- 9781467145602
- LCCN
- 2021937193
- OCLC
- 1252763042
- on1252763042
- SCSB-14580695
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library