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The family tree : a lynching in Georgia, a legacy of secrets, and my search for the truth / Karen Branan.
A true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912, written by a descendant of the sheriff charged with protecting them, draws on diaries and letters to piece together the events and motives that led up to the tragedy.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476717180
- ISBN: 1476717184
- Physical Description: xii, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Pocket Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- My Sweet Village -- Plantation Politics -- The Unveiling -- New Sheriff in Town -- Norman's Murder -- Though Silent He Speaks -- Negro Desperadoes -- Nobody's Negroes -- Vendettas -- Brazen Iniquity -- The Heroines -- Race Wars -- Clutch of Circumstance -- Special Court -- The Die is Cast -- The Lynching -- "So Quietly Was the Work Done" -- Parties Unknown -- "..died with their boots on" -- Roaring Twenties -- The Ladies' Ultimatum -- The curse continues -- Dad Doug -- Guilt and Innocence --Enslaved by History. |
| Citation/References Note: | BL1/16 |
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