Clanton, Mississippi

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Clanton, Mississippi is a fictional small Southern town created by John Grisham that serves as the primary setting for several of his legal thrillers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Harry Rex Vonner ⓘ
Jake Brigance ⓘ
Lucien Wilbanks ⓘ
Seth Hubbard ⓘ
Willie Traynor ⓘ
associatedWithTheme legal ethics ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
small-town justice ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeatOf Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
createdBy John Grisham ⓘ
creator John Grisham ⓘ
firstAppearance A Time to Kill ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1989 ⓘ
genre legal thriller setting ⓘ
hasFictionalInstitution Ford County Courthouse ⓘ
Ford County Times ⓘ
linked to: Ford County
hasFictionalLandmark Main Street ⓘ
courthouse lawn ⓘ
downtown square ⓘ
language English (in-universe) ⓘ
locatedInFictionalCounty Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
medium novels ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
narrativeRole central setting for courtroom dramas ⓘ
recurring setting across multiple John Grisham novels ⓘ
primarySettingOf A Time for Mercy ⓘ
A Time to Kill ⓘ
Ford County: Stories ⓘ
Sycamore Row ⓘ
The Last Juror ⓘ
The Reckoning ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
typicalPopulationScale small town ⓘ
usedInWork A Time for Mercy ⓘ
A Time to Kill ⓘ
Ford County: Stories ⓘ
Homecoming ⓘ
Sparring Partners ⓘ
Sycamore Row ⓘ
The Last Juror ⓘ
The Reckoning ⓘ
The Summons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Time for Mercy → setInFictionalTown → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
A Time to Kill → fictionalTown → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
subject linked to: A Time to Kill (novel)
Jake Brigance → placeOfResidence → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
Ford County, Mississippi → hasFictionalTown → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
Ford County, Mississippi → primaryTown → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
Lucien Wilbanks → residence → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ
Willie Traynor → placeOfResidence → Clanton, Ford County, Mississippi (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: Clanton, Mississippi
Ray Atlee → placeOfOrigin → Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ