Ford County, Mississippi

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Ford County, Mississippi is a fictional rural Southern county created by author John Grisham and frequently used as the primary setting for several of his legal thrillers.

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instanceOf fictional county
fictional location
appearsInAuthorDebutNovel A Time to Kill
associatedAuthorNationality American
country United States
creator John Grisham
fictionalStateContext American South
genreContext legal thriller
hasFictionalTown Clanton, Mississippi
languageOfWorks English
legalInstitution Ford County Courthouse
locatedIn Mississippi
mediaType novels
short stories
narrativeFunction recurring shared universe setting in John Grisham novels
primaryTown Clanton, Mississippi
regionType rural county
settingEra early 21st century
late 20th century
typicalThemes economic hardship
legal ethics
race relations in the American South
small-town justice
usedAsSettingIn A Time to Kill
Ford County (short story collection)
Sycamore Row
The Chamber
The Last Juror
The Reckoning
The Summons

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Sycamore Row settingRegion Ford County, Mississippi
Jake Brigance basedIn Ford County, Mississippi
Carl Lee Hailey residence Ford County, Mississippi
Harry Rex Vonner residence Ford County, Mississippi
Harry Rex Vonner professionLocation Ford County, Mississippi
Clanton, Mississippi locatedInFictionalCounty Ford County, Mississippi
Clanton, Mississippi countySeatOf Ford County, Mississippi
Drew Gamble settingOfTrial Ford County, Mississippi
Deputy Stuart Kofer fictionalLocation Ford County, Mississippi
Lucien Wilbanks settingOfActivity Ford County, Mississippi
Willie Traynor associatedWithLocation Ford County, Mississippi (fictional)
linked to: Ford County, Mississippi
Danny Padgitt settingOfActions Ford County, Mississippi