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What Virtue There Is in Fire: Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose
What Virtue There Is in Fire Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose
Author: Edwin T. Arnold
The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer accused of killing Alfred Cranford, a white farmer, and raping his wife. The national media closely followed the manhunt and Hose's capture. An armed mob intercepted Hose's Atlanta-bound...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780820328911
ISBN-10: 082032891X
Publication Date: 4/15/2008
Pages: 264
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Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Interesting history, author is an English teacher and can sometimes be too verbose however very well written and informative.


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