Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0895876116 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"More Than a Murder Mystery" according to T J Ganski. It is hard to say that I enjoyed a book about a gruesome sexual assault murder case, but I did. My enjoyment was certainly not for the underlying theme of the book, but for the context provided. Mark Pinsky weaves many layers into the story including reaching back in time to show how the local factions developed out of Civil War tragedy; the more recent the friction between well meaning "hippies" and the local mores and power structure at the time of time of the murder in the late 60's to early 70's; the reality. "Local Lore Put to Rest" according to Amazon Customer. I can understand why some readers found this book boring. If I did not live in Asheville near the Madison County line, I would have been expecting a very different book. As it is, I was delighted with this book.We moved here in 197Local Lore Put to Rest I can understand why some readers found this book boring. If I did not live in Asheville near the Madison County line, I would have been expecting a very different book. As it is, I was delighted with this book.We moved here in 1973 and heard many references to the suspicious death of a Vista worker because supposedly the Vista workers had "invaded" Madison County with the intention of bringing people there out of ignorance and poverty and the folks there in Madison County resented that supposed attitude.In 1973. and heard many references to the suspicious death of a Vista worker because supposedly the Vista workers had "invaded" Madison County with the intention of bringing people there out of ignorance and poverty and the folks there in Madison County resented that supposed attitude.In 197Local Lore Put to Rest I can understand why some readers found this book boring. If I did not live in Asheville near the Madison County line, I would have been expecting a very different book. As it is, I was delighted with this book.We moved here in 1973 and heard many references to the suspicious death of a Vista worker because supposedly the Vista workers had "invaded" Madison County with the intention of bringing people there out of ignorance and poverty and the folks there in Madison County resented that supposed attitude.In 1973. . RevChrisEsq said Read it in one day. There are many reasons to read this book:1. It's a great crime investigation book in and of itself. Think: In Cold Blood and Fatal Vision."Read it in one day" according to RevChrisEsq. There are many reasons to read this book:1. It's a great crime investigation book in and of itself. Think: In Cold Blood and Fatal Vision.2. Better yet, it's a view of the culture, history and topography of Madison County, North Carolina. Madison County is the most beautiful county in NC (and I'm not a resident), but it is a bit out of the way and historically backward, which traits tend to go hand and hand with each other. In other words, part of it's charm is it's cultural shift and historic backwardness. To g. . Better yet, it's a view of the culture, history and topography of Madison County, North Carolina. Madison County is the most beautiful county in NC (and I'm not a resident), but it is a bit out of the way and historically backward, which traits tend to go hand and hand with each other. In other words, part of it's charm is it's cultural shift and historic backwardness. To g
Author Mark Pinsky was profoundly struck by Nancy's story as a college student in North Carolina in 1970. Madison County in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina is a place of ear-popping drives and breathtaking views.It is also where federal antipoverty worker Nancy Dean Morgan was found naked, hogtied, and strangled in the backseat of her car in June 1970.An inept investigation involving local, state, and federal law-enforcement agencies failed to find a clear explanation of the motive or events of her murder. Years later, after most of the material evidence had been lost or mishandled, one of Nancy's fellow VISTA workers--the last person known to have seen her alive--became the prime suspect, based on the testimony of one of the town's most notorious resident criminals. Here, Pinsky presents the evolution of his investigation and also delves into the brutal history of Madison County, the site of a Civil War massacre that earned it the sobriquet "Bloody Madison." Met Her on the Mountain is a stirring mix of true crime, North Carolina political history, and one man's devotion to finding the truth.. Did he kill Nancy, or was he anothe
He resides in Maitland, Florida. Though this is his first true-crime work, he has previously published four religion-oriented books, including The Gospel According to the Simpsons. A former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and Orlando Sentinel, Mark Pinsky holds degrees from Duke University and Columbia University. . As an investigative journalist specializing in cap
The reviewer notes that "this compulsively page-turning true crime narrative has it all: smart prose, a now-obscure unsolved murder that was notorious at the time, and an investigative journalist trying to pick up the trail." --Publishers Weekly, June 17, 2013"Pinsky's characterization of the people involved, from lawmen to the victim's neighbors to suspects, and his description of everyday life in Madison County, are vivid. Inasmuch as this is a story of Pinsky's own investigation, it is likely to be unique in any collection and of interest to aficionados of cold cases and/or North Carolina political history." --Ricardo Laskaris, Library Journal. Pinsky is Publishers Weekly's Pick of the Week with a starred review in the June 17 issue. Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan by Mark I