Summary Of Blood Done Sign My Name

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In Blood Done Sign My Name, a young Vietnam veteran was killed in his home town in an incident that started a string of violence and hatred that has yet to be resolved in the town itself. The events that followed suit after the killing of Henry Marrow are told by a 10 year old Timothy Tyson who recounts the events and then later in life revisits them to try and make sense of the occurrences.
Henry Marrow was begging for his life while three men beat him with their fists, feet and the butt of a rifle. Then someone cried, "Shoot the son of a bitch!" and one attacker shot into Henry's brain. None of the suspects were questioned by the police until at least 48 hours after it happened even though there were witnesses to the event. Henry Marrow was