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A lynching at Port Jervis, race and reckoning in the Gilded Age, Philip Dray

Label
A lynching at Port Jervis, race and reckoning in the Gilded Age, Philip Dray
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A lynching at Port Jervis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1266253944
Responsibility statement
Philip Dray
Sub title
race and reckoning in the Gilded Age
Summary
"A book on a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism and eventually inspiring a powerful novella by Stephen Crane"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- June 2, 1892 -- City in Progress -- A Shadow Cast over My Sunshade -- "I Am Not the Man" -- Southern Methods Outdone -- The Vigorous Pen of Ida B. Wells -- Inquest -- The Author of My Misfortune -- The Blunders of Virtue -- Epilogue
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