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The last lynching : how a gruesome mass murder rocked a small Georgia town
Title:
The last lynching : how a gruesome mass murder rocked a small Georgia town
Author:
Pitch, Anthony, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2016]
Physical Description:
xxii, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
In 1946, the bodies of two men and two women were found near Moore's Ford Bridge in rural Monroe, Georgia. Their killers were never identified. And although the crime reverberated through the troubled community, the corrupt courts, and eventually the whole world, many details remained unexplored--until now.
Language:
English
Contents:
Murder -- Monroe -- Primary election -- Stabbing -- Jail -- Ambush -- The FBI steps in -- Hostility and fear -- Major suspect -- Prime suspects -- Sexual relations -- Hoover offensive -- Pre-grand jury -- Grand jury -- Vengeance -- Defective juries -- Eyewitnesses -- Court action --
ISBN:
9781510701755
Format :
Book