Goat Castle
«Never pedantic, this book is hard to put down.--The Journal of American History
A detailed, thoughtful exploration of race and crime in the Jim Crow South through a case that was nationally covered, capturing a country in the throes of the Great Depression.--ALA Booklist
Provides a definitive look at the 1932 murder of Jennie Merrill.--Publishers Weekly
The book is well researched and written.--Arkansas Review
This engrossing tale of murder, injustice, and racial inequality will interest lovers of regional history as well as true crime buffs.--Library Journal
A riveting exploration of a true crime that illuminates the complicated relationship between race and the law in the post-Civil War South.--Foreword Reviews
Cox dives deeper than the headlines, through excellent historical and journalistic investigation, to bring to light a horrible injustice.--Lemuria Books Blog
Strange, fascinating and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of [a] local feud, killing, investigation and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen Southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.--Deep South Magazine
A terrific read.--American Historical Review
Drawing on extant personal papers, correspondence, legal case files, prison reports, extensive contemporary newspaper coverage, and recently recovered photographs and oral accounts, Cox makes evident her diligence and resourcefulness.--The Journal of Southern History
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In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery - known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman" - enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. Les mer
Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781469661438
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«Never pedantic, this book is hard to put down.--The Journal of American History
A detailed, thoughtful exploration of race and crime in the Jim Crow South through a case that was nationally covered, capturing a country in the throes of the Great Depression.--ALA Booklist
Provides a definitive look at the 1932 murder of Jennie Merrill.--Publishers Weekly
The book is well researched and written.--Arkansas Review
This engrossing tale of murder, injustice, and racial inequality will interest lovers of regional history as well as true crime buffs.--Library Journal
A riveting exploration of a true crime that illuminates the complicated relationship between race and the law in the post-Civil War South.--Foreword Reviews
Cox dives deeper than the headlines, through excellent historical and journalistic investigation, to bring to light a horrible injustice.--Lemuria Books Blog
Strange, fascinating and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of [a] local feud, killing, investigation and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen Southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.--Deep South Magazine
A terrific read.--American Historical Review
Drawing on extant personal papers, correspondence, legal case files, prison reports, extensive contemporary newspaper coverage, and recently recovered photographs and oral accounts, Cox makes evident her diligence and resourcefulness.--The Journal of Southern History
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