Troubled Ground: A Tale of Murder, Lynching, and Reckoning in the New South 9780252090097, 0252090098

In Troubled Ground, Claude A. Clegg III revisits a violent episode in his hometown's history that made national hea

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Troubled Ground: A Tale of Murder, Lynching, and Reckoning in the New South
9780252090097, 0252090098

Blood in the Soil is the first book about the investigation into the shooting of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt

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How does society deal with a serial killer in its midst? What if the murderer is a Catholic priest living among native v

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A Sunday in 1769 -- Not quite round -- A daughter of Peru -- The mapmakers -- Voyage to Quito -- Measuring the baseline

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An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold’s dalliances with working men and her extensive shoppin

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The result is a vivid tale that will change minds about life in supposedly prim and proper New England.

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The 1898 lynching of Tom Johnson and Joe Kizer is retold in this groundbreaking book. Unlike other histories of lynching

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