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Author Arnold, Edwin T

Title "What virtue there is in fire" : cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose / Edwin T. Arnold
Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- War fantasies -- Lynch Sunday -- The Palmetto massacre -- A carnival of blood and lust -- The wild ride -- A holocaust of human flesh -- Beware, all darkies! -- Lynch law in Georgia -- Sex, fingers, toes -- Across the road from the barbecue house -- Coda
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-234) and index
Notes English
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Subject Hose, Sam, 1875-1899
Hose, Sam, 1875-1899 -- Influence
SUBJECT Hose, Sam, -1899 -- Influence
Hose, Sam, -1899
Hose, Sam, 1875-1899 fast
Subject Lynching -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History
Murder -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century
Racism -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
African Americans -- Crimes against
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Lynching
Murder
Race relations
Racism
SUBJECT Coweta County (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History
Subject Georgia -- Coweta County
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780820336169
0820336165
9780820328911
082032891X
1282553127
9781282553125
9786612553127
661255312X