Yours Truly, Tom Dooley
- ISBN-10
- 1503364542
- ISBN-13
- 9781503364547
- Pages
- 58
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-25
- Author
- Patti Clark
Description
Yours Truly, Tom Dooley is a true story about the love triangle between Ann Melton, Laura Foster and Pauline Foster, in Ferguson North Carolina which let to the murder of Laura Foster. Tom's true love being Ann Melton, the married cousin, seemingly the one that most everyone believes was the murderer and is said to have admitted to the murder on her death bed. Tom confesses to the murder, apparently to save his true love, Ann Melton from execution and was hanged in the 1800's in Statesville, North Carolina. New York Times covered the story. The Kingston Trio made the story ever so popular with their hit song~'Hang down your head, Tom Dooley.'
