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The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4)
The Rosewood Casket - Ballad, Bk 4
Author: Sharyn McCrumb
Randall Stargill lies dying on his Appalachian farm, and his four sons have come home to build him a coffin from his precious cache of rosewood. Like a hovering vulture, a local real estate developer is readying an offer for the farm. And mountain wise-woman Nora Bonesteel, Randall's sweetheart of long ago, brings to light a small box to be ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525940111
ISBN-10: 0525940111
Publication Date: 5/1/1996
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 24 ratings
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4) on + 32 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was a great story, but due to my extreme sensitivity to frightening events, I can't read it again and am actually trying to forget the details that haunt me so. :>) Sharyn McCrumb is a favorite author of mine because she's a Southerner. Her people are in the Smokies, as are a lot of mine--"in them thar hills", as the expression goes. This book has a theme of a tragedy that occurred in the life of the man who has ordered, on his deathbed, his sons to build him a rosewood casket. The tragedy has been a secret all the old man's life up until now, when a lady with the Second Sight--also the man's first sweetheart--brings a rosewood box to the family home. And there the mystery begins unraveling, until the tragic, sad, and dramatic climax of the story. The thing that most haunts me is: it could have nigh well happened. Those of us who are Southerners know that "Southern Gothic" isn't just a moniker, it's our very lives (and skeleton-filled family closets!). Couldn't put it down, and I hope someone else will be touched by it--without accompanying nightmares such as I've had.
reviewed The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4) on + 100 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Once again, this author does an excellent job of combining past lives with the present in this wonderful mystery/thriller.
Dove avatar reviewed The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4) on + 262 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. The characters are ordinary people trying to get through their lives the best they know how; and that is what makes this book so interesting. I will definitely be looking for more books by Sharyn McCrumb.
quilty45 avatar reviewed The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4) on + 100 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed this book immensely. The facts about Daniel Boone and mountain people in East TN were very interesting; it was also an excellent mystery.
cranbery avatar reviewed The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, Bk 4) on + 530 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I loved it..........the kind of book that stays with you weeks after you finish it!
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