The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels, 9)The Ballad of Tom Dooley is a literary triumphwhat began as a fictional re telling of the historical account of one of the most famous mountain ballads of all time became an astonishing revelation of the real culprit responsible for the murder of Laura Foster Hang down your head, Tom DooleyThe folk song, made famous by the Kingston Trio, recounts a tragedy in the North Carolina mountains after the Civil War. Laura Foster, a simple country girl, was