{"product_id":"9781458202802","title":"NO VILLAINS, NO HEROES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNO VILLAINS, NO HEROES is  a moving historical novel of the 1912 “Hillsville Massacre,” the most shocking crime in the state of Virginia, and a cautionary tale for our own time about the true meaning of law and justice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNo Villains, No Heroes dramatizes a shocking episode in Virginia history.  In March 1912 Floyd Allen was convicted of assault in Carroll County, in Virginia’s Blue Ridge.  When he announced, “Gentlemen, I ain’t a-goin,” a gun battle erupted in the crowded courtroom between law officers and the Allen clan.  Five people were killed; seven wounded.  Floyd and his young son Claude were executed a year later. Other Allens served long prison sentences.  But who were the villains? Who were the heroes?  In this moving historical novel, the narrator, a detective called in to hunt down the fugitives, grapples with these perplexing questions and the true meaning of law and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“This exciting novel tells the story of a once-famous but now largely forgotten episode in Virginia history, the ‘Hillsville Massacre’ of March 1912, recalled in vivid detail by Carter Hayne, a private lawman on the scene.  His experience is so transforming that it turns him into a crusading lawyer who dedicates his life to advancing criminal justice.  It effortlessly recreates an age and place, pre-modern America 100 years ago in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the setting for an event so complex and weighty, even primal, that it is, as Hayne says, “just like a Greek tragedy.”   \u003cbr\u003e Kirkpatrick Sale, author of 12 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbott Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140775854320,"sku":"9781458202802","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781458202802_p0.jpg?v=1763866528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781458202802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}