Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America

In the tradition of Melissa Faye Greene and her award-winning Praying for Sheetrock, extraordinarily talented debut author...
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Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by Wexler, Laura

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America

$240.22

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America

$240.22
Author: Laura Wexler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the tradition of Melissa Faye Greene and her award-winning Praying for Sheetrock, extraordinarily talented debut author Laura Wexler tells the story of the Moore's Ford Lynching in Walton County, Georgia in 1946--the last mass lynching in America, fully explored here for the first time.

July 25, 1946. In Walton County, Georgia, a mob of white men commit one of the most heinous racial crimes in America's history: the shotgun murder of four black sharecroppers--two men and two women--at Moore's Ford Bridge. Fire in a Canebrake, the term locals used to describe the sound of the fatal gunshots, is the story of our nation's last mass lynching on record. More than a half century later, the lynchers' identities still remain unknown.

Drawing from interviews, archival sources, and uncensored FBI reports, acclaimed journalist and author Laura Wexler takes readers deep into the heart of Walton County, bringing to life the characters who inhabited that infamous landscape--from sheriffs to white supremacists to the victims themselves--including a white man who claims to have been a secret witness to the crime. By turns a powerful historical document, a murder mystery, and a cautionary tale, Fire in a Canebrake ignites a powerful contemplation on race, humanity, history, and the epic struggle for truth.

Author: Laura Wexler
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 01/13/2004
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780684868172

About the Author
Laura Wexler's work has appeared in The Oxford American, DoubleTake, and Utne Reader, among other publications. She has taught writing at the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Baltimore. Visit the author's website at FireInACanebrake.com.

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