Nixon, Cornelia.

Jarrettsville : a novel / by Cornelia Nixon. - Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2009. - 340 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 21 cm.

Multiple perspectives from citizens of a small Maryland town shine light on events and circumstances that led Martha Jane Cairnes, a daughter of the South, to murder her fianceÉ Nicholas, a local hero of the Union cause.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9781582435121 (pbk.) 158243512X (pbk.)

2009024441


Cairnes, Martha Jane--Fiction.
Cairnes, Martha Jane--Fiction.


Fiancés--Crimes against--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Maryland--Fiction.
Single men--Fiction.
Victims of crimes--Fiction.
Trials (Homicide)--Maryland--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Maryland--History--Social aspects--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Jarrettsville (Md.)--Fiction.
Maryland--History--Social aspects--Fiction.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Fiction.
Jarrettsville (Md.)--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS3564.I94 / J37 2009

813/.54 [Fic]