Research Catalog

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

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Use in library	F128.65.B3 S55 2021	Off-site

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

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