Title |
Fire in a canebrake the last mass lynching in America
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Names |
Wexler, Laura.
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Book Number |
DB076435
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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 |
Journalist uses archival sources and interviews to portray the July 25, 1946, murder of four African Americans--two men and two women--in Walton County, Georgia. Details the background of the victims and the racial tension after World War II when veterans returned stateside. Violence and some strong language. 2003.
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Narrator |
Young, Chuck.
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Local Subject |
Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Social Needs and Problems - CONP
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Crime & True Detective - CRI
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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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 Americans - Crimes against - Georgia - Walton County - Case studies
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Lynching - Georgia - Walton County - Case studies
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Mass murder - Georgia - Walton County - Case studies
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Walton County (Ga.) - Race relations
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Call Number |
364.134 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2004
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2004 (NLS, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2004. 9780684868172
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