Bibliograph

In the pines, a lynching, a lie, a reckoning, Grace Elizabeth Hale ; foreword by John Grisham

Type

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In the pines, a lynching, a lie, a reckoning, Grace Elizabeth Hale ; foreword by John Grisham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the pines

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1406130877

Responsibility statement

Grace Elizabeth Hale ; foreword by John Grisham

Sub title

a lynching, a lie, a reckoning

Summary

An award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff--a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Two tales -- Introduction: Splinters and silence -- Part I: The road to the Lipsey Farm. In the pines -- A gamble -- A separate world -- Black boy -- Part II: "Quiet and orderly". The law -- Gone underground -- A lie -- The cost -- Epilogue: Unwritten history

Target audience

adult

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