In July of 1870 a young man named Hiram Wilson rode into the city of Chariton, Iowa where he sold his horse and encountered Sheriff Gaylord Lyman. According to newspaper accounts of the era, less than twelve hours later, both men would be dead. The Lynching of Hiram Wilson is a novel that seeks to breathe fictional life into the events of that fateful day. From the author of The Ghosts of Melrose, The Lynching of Hiram Wilson will pull on your heart strings and have you praying for a different outcome to the very last breath of Hiram Wilson. What makes a man ride into a strange town and sell his only horse. What causes a man being hunted for murder to stop within yards of his crime when he could have escaped? Find out when you read The Lynching of Hiram Wilson.

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