A Carnival of Crime - (Hub City Writers Project) by Betsy Wakefield Teter (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Through ten interconnected true-crime stories, this historical account captures a South Carolina county's most violent decade--a time when bullets felled a mayor, a police chief, and a beloved bookseller, each in separate shocking incidents.

Illustrated with dozens of photographs, the book also delves into the exploits of a crooked local attorney who became one of nation's most slippery con men, the controversial hanging of a teenaged girl, and the bedlam unleashed when a governor tried to crush the moonshine trade. All this chaos and more unfolds amid Spartanburg's first economic boom, as cotton mills multiply across the county, the community becomes one of the South's rising industrial powers, generating many great fortunes.

About the Author

Betsy Wakefield Teter is a native of Spartanburg, a one-time journalist and, for 22 years, the executive director of the Hub City Writers Project. Her previous projects with Hub City include Textile Town, North of Main, Hub City Christmas and many others. Now retired, she enjoys travel and writing community history.