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Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America
Rising Road A True Tale of Love Race and Religion in America
Author: Sharon Davies
It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day. On August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, a Methodist minister named Edwin Stephenson shot and killed a Catholic priest, James Coyle, in broad daylight and in front of numerous witnesses. The killer's motive? The priest had married Stephenson's eighteen-year-old daughter Ruth--who had ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195379792
ISBN-10: 0195379799
Publication Date: 2/16/2009
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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