Title |
Getting away with murder the true story of the Emmett Till case
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Names |
Crowe, Chris.
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Book Number |
DB057157
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Account of a fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago who was murdered in 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi. Emmett Till, accused of flirting with a white woman, was subsequently killed by her husband and brother-in-law, who escaped punishment. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2003.
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Narrator |
Wallace, Bill.
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Local Subject |
Young Adult Book - YA
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Crime & True Detective - CRI
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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Contains strong language.
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Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
African American teenage boys - Mississippi - Biography
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African Americans - Crimes against - Mississippi - History - 20th century
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Lynching - Mississippi - History - 20th century
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Racism - Mississippi - History - 20th century
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Trials (Murder) - Mississippi
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Mississippi - Race relations
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Call Number |
364.152309762 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2003
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2003 (AFB, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Phyllis Fogelman Books, c2003.
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