{"product_id":"secrets-ken-h-fortenberry-9798872005322","title":"Secrets: True Stories of Love, Lust and Murder","description":"This is a fascinating, well-researched two short-story collection of \u003cb\u003esensational murders\u003c\/b\u003e that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Catawba County, North Carolina, but made headlines around the world. The stories revolve around love, lust, jealousy and \u003cb\u003ecold-blooded murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Beauty, Black Beast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the story of \"Aunt Sarah\" Eller Wycoff who served most of her life - more than 40 years - in North Carolina's state penitentiary as an accessory to murder. She refused pardons from five governors that would have set her free and allowed her to go home. Three years before she died at age 78, the death-bed confession of someone she knew was her final ticket to freedom, but again she refused the pardon and decided to stay behind bars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA model prisoner from the moment the steel doors closed behind her in 1879, she spent the last twenty years of her life confined to her cot and a wheelchair. Keeping a lifelong promise, she went to her death with her lips sealed about the illicit affair she had with her lover, a black man who was hanged for the murder of her husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second story, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiding in Plain Sight: The Two Lives of Kohler Holdsclaw, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the life of a young World War 1 veteran-turned fugitive who was convicted of killing a well-respected married man who made unwanted advances on the young woman he dearly loved and intended to marry. He disappeared twice but was always hiding in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken H. Fortenberry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798872005322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Ken H. Fortenberry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996782899455,"sku":"9798872005322","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secrets-ken-h-fortenberry-9798872005322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}