A Piece of the Fox's Hide

by Katharine Boling

Book Overview

This chilling account of the powerful Bigham family has its beginnings in the late 1700s. The grip of terror the family held on inhabitants of northeastern South Carolina lasted over 100 years.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878440542
• ISBN13: 9780878440542
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: Sandlapper Publishing
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Just As Good the Second Time

I used to hear tales about the famous Bigham family from my father, who had grown up near the town of Bishopville while these events were taking place. I have a sister who was living in Darlington at the time the book was pubished, and who bought a copy for me. Just this past week, while looking through some of my old books, I got the book down and read it again for the second time. The purpose of the book is not to establish the guilt or innocence of anyone, but I was convinced then and am still convinced that Edmund was innocent of murdering his family although he served a life sentence for doing so. Interestingly, enough, he was finally paroled in 1960, the year I graduated from Bishopville High School, and I remember the event very well. This is a true story of a tragic event that occured within a tragic family. The book is well researched and well written. I recommend it to anyone who has a love of authenic history, and especially all those, like myself, who have a deep love for the Southland.

MULTIPLE MURDER ON HOG-KILLING DAY

FIRST - THIS IS NOT A NOVEL!!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.A GREAT PICTURE OF A SOUTHERN FAMILY FUN AMUCK WITH POWER AND MONEY AND MEAN!! SOME MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY KEPT THE RESIDENTS OF THE PEE DEE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN TERROR FOR OVER 100 YEARS. WELL-WRITTEN AND WELL RESEARCHED - IT IS NOT AS EMOTIONAL AS THE ZEIGLER'S LAST OF THE BIGHAMS, WHICH WAS WRITTEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SCANDAL AND THE SUCCEEDING SENSATIONAL TRIAL(S).THERE IS MUCH DOUBT (AND ACTUALLY MUCH EVIDENCE) REGARDING THE GUILT OF THE PERSON CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF HIS FAMILY. EDMUND BIGHAM WAS A MILD-MANNERED MAN WHO SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE ONLY "NORMAL" PERSON IN THE FAMILY. HE WAS PROBABLY CONVICTED ON THE BASIS OF HIS NAME, BY A JURY WHO DID NOT LET FACTS GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR VERDICT.A GREAT READ BY A WONDERFUL RESEARCHER AND WRITER!!!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!