Witch Hunt in Wise County
Best, Gary D.![Witch Hunt in Wise County](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/161/1615763/CHSBZCOP031615763.jpg)
The Southwest Virginia murder trials of a young schoolteacher named Edith Maxwell made her a "cause celebre" of the 1930s. The trials involve sociological issues - the conflict between moderism and tradition, between urban and rural values, between the sexes, and between the generations.