Blood, Justice & The Coley Brothers

By Henry D Parrish Jr

In the sweltering summer of 1892, a brutal murder in rural North Carolina shocked the region and ignited a fierce quest for justice. When a Jewish peddler was found dead in the woods of Nash County, suspicion soon turned toward two local brothers-Thomas and Calvin Coley, young farmers with hard lives and darker secrets.

What followed was a trial that gripped two counties, revealing not only the chilling details of the crime but also the deep undercurrents of prejudice, poverty, and desperation in the post-Reconstruction South.

Now, over a century later, their distant cousin, Henry D Parrish Jr, unearths the tangled history of his own bloodline-bringing to light the social, racial, and personal forces that led to an infamous crime. Blood, Justice & The Coley Brothers is a gripping narrative of family, violence, and how one reconciles their family's murderous past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FF3KXX52
• ISBN13: 9798898326920
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Books.by
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"