Ndixie's last stand book

Custer, sitting bull, and the battle of the little bighorn. In dixies last stand, journalist john ferak gives us an impeccably researched and wellwritten account of the dixie shanahan case. The author goes in to excruciating detail of not only the background of just. Custer, sitting bull and the battle of the little big. Recalling custer in nathaniel philbricks last stand the new york. Slowly, inevitably, integration would come to the end zones and hash marks of the south, and though no one knew it at the time, the texas vs. Once the officials knew a crime had been committed it was solved in just a few weeks and written about in just a few pages. Custer, sitting bull and the battle of the little big horn by philbrick, nathaniel isbn. Nathaniel philbrick the last stand nathaniel philbrick. August 23, 2015 dixies last stand was an interesting story about a small town murder case. Ferak weaves a gripping narrative while exploring important topics such as battered wife syndrome and mandatory sentencing laws. Almost a year or so later she is caught and made to stand trial. Another wife abused book, only with a twist she shoots her abuser in bed and then proceeds to cover up the body. The iowa woman killed her husband after enduring years of abuse.

I was interested in the book until we delved into the trial of the murder. Dixie shanahan had a terribly troubled and abusive marriage in t. Its not clear why nathaniel philbrick decided that the. The reader learned very little about the investigation and then the next thing you knew it was on to the trial. Dixies last stand was an interesting story about a small town murder case. Stewarts novel earth abides, which describes the odyssey of one of the last human survivors after the population is nearly annihilated by a plague, as one of the. Ive often criticized books for excessive detail, but this book is the exception to the rule.