The Choiring Of The Trees by Donald Harington

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by Donald Harington

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Info:	Toby Press (2004), Paperback, 450 pages
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This is the story of Nail Chism unjustly accused of raping a young girl in Arkansas in 1910. An artist from the newspaper, believes in Nail's innocence and fights for his release. Through a series of circumstances Nail is able to avoid the electric chair three times. A delightful story full of vivid characters and Ozark dialects. (

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dara85 | May 29, 2008 |

I think this is one of Harington's most impressive stand alone novels. Breathtaking as only electric chair humor can be. It shouldn't work, shouldn't make any sense. But it's marvelous. Grim and sad, sweet and darkly funny. (

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A young mountaineer is sentenced to the electric chair in 1914 Arkansas because of the testimony of a thirteen-year-old-girl who was raped in the backwoods of the Ozarks. Nail Chism appears doomed to death-until his innocence is championed by the staff artist of the state's leading newspaper. "A superbly rewarding novel" (Christian Science Monitor). Harvest American Writing series

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