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Naomi "Omie" Wise - Hal E. Pugh, Eleanor Minnock-Pugh

Naomi "Omie" Wise

Her Life, Death and Legend
Buch | Softcover
218 Seiten
2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9013-1 (ISBN)
CHF 55,90 inkl. MwSt
Tells the story of a young woman betrayed and how her death gave way to the folk traditions by which she is remembered today. The book sheds light on the plight of impoverished women in early America and details the fascinating inner workings of the Piedmont North Carolina Quaker community.
Naomi "Omie" Wise was drowned by her lover in the waters of North Carolina's Deep River in 1807, and her murder has been remembered in ballad and story for well over two centuries. Mistakes, romanticization and misremembering have been injected into Naomi's biography over time, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The authors of this book, whose family has lived in the Deep River area since the 18th century, are descendants of many of the people who knew Naomi Wise or were involved in her murder investigation.

This is the story of a young woman betrayed and how her death gave way to the folk traditions by which she is remembered today. The book sheds light on the plight of impoverished women in early America and details the fascinating inner workings of the Piedmont North Carolina Quaker community that cared for Naomi in her final years and kept her memory alive.

Hal E. Pugh is a historian and potter living in northern Randolph County, North Carolina. A graduate of Appalachian State University with a degree in anthropology, his research on Quaker history and ceramics has been published in The Southern Friend the journal of the North Carolina Friends Historical Society and Ceramics in America. Historian and potter Eleanor Minnock-Pugh is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a degree in education. Her research on Quaker history and ceramics has been published in Ceramics in America. She lives in northern Randolph County, North Carolina.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Quaker Community

Chapter 2. Naomi’s Pregnancy

Chapter 3. Death and Discovery

Chapter 4. Escape to the Indiana Territory

Chapter 5. The Capture of Lewis

Chapter 6. The Trials: Murder and Escape

Chapter 7. Family Hardship

Chapter 8. Braxton Craven Revisited

Chapter 9. The Ballad Tradition

Chapter 10. Naomi’s Legacy

Appendix A: Dramatis Personae

Appendix B: Transcribed Legal Documents

Appendix C: “A true acount of Nayomy Wise”

Appendix D: Naomi Wise, or the Victim

Appendix E: Naomi Wise Recordings and Discography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 34 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 286 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Christentum
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-4766-9013-8 / 1476690138
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-9013-1 / 9781476690131
Zustand Neuware
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