What Happened to Frankie Silver’s Daughter?

Danita Stoudemire, together with her contributor, Riley Henry, creates a compelling historical fiction, A Life for Nancy. This book details the events in Nancy’s life, starting from the day her mother, Frankie Silver, was executed for murder.

The case of Frankie Silver is notable as she is believed to be the first white woman hanged in North Carolina. While there are many books about Frankie’s life, none of them speak about the thirteen-month old daughter she left behind. Riley Henry is the husband of Nancy’s great-great-granddaughter. His input and research helped Stoudemire weave history with fiction, and detail how Nancy was able to make a life for herself despite the circumstances of her parents and the Civil War, which left her to raise six children on her own.

Nancy’s story is worthy and readable. An Amazon reviewer says, “[The book] is a great piece of historical fiction, and it belongs in the library of anyone who enjoys the genre.”

A Life for Nancy was displayed in LitFire’s booth during one of the biggest book fairs in the world—the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair is attended annually by thousands of book traders and publishing professionals. This year’s fair was held at Frankfurt Trade Fair in Germany from October 19 to 23.  

A Life for Nancy
Daughter of Frankie Silver
Written by Danita Stoudemire and Riley Henry
Kindle | $3.99
Paperback | $18.95
 
Book copies are available at www.amazon.com and other online book retailers.
 
 
About the Author

Danita Stoudemire was born and raised in Franklin, North Carolina. She is the author of My Way ’o Thinkin’. She was a columnist for The Franklin Press for 20 years, where she met Riley Henry for an interview about his knowledge of the Frankie Silver case.
Riley Henry is also from Franklin, and the husband of Wanda Henry, Nancy Silver’s great-great-granddaughter. He spearheaded the research about Nancy’s life.

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