The Child in the Electric Chair: The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South - Eli Faber

Reducere. At 7: 30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year...

Reducere. On June 16, 1944, the State of South Carolina executed 14-year-old George Stinney Jr., found guilty of killing 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker in ...

Reducere. Before the massive environmental change wrought by the European colonization of the South, hundreds of species of birds filled the region's flyways...

Reducere. In this classic portrait of Jews in the South, Eli N. Evans takes readers inside the nexus of southern and Jewish histories, from the earliest immi...

Reducere. "Alex Heard has crafted a memorable narrative of a civil rights case that deserves a larger place in American memory." --Jon Meacham In this grippi...

Reducere. DescriptionEula was born an Elrod but used several last names during her tumultuous life, some legally, others questionable. Although few considere...

A three-year-old boy dies, having apparently fallen while trying to reach a bag of sugar on a high shelf. His grandmother stands accused of second-...

Reducere. Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the hi...

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile.

Reducere. In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of countr...

Reducere. In The Edible South, Marcie Cohen Ferris presents food as a new way to chronicle the American South's larger history. Ferris tells a richly illustr...

'A riveting and urgent reckoning of colossal corruption.' - Philip GourevitchOne hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epid...

Through a compilation of essays written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew...

Castro - in his trademark olive fatigues - receives a rapturous reception from the local African American community, and holds court with political...

Castro - in his trademark olive fatigues - receives a rapturous reception from the local African American community, and holds court with political...

DescriptionThrough the story of Tamara, an abused Native American girl, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of the many children livi...

The inspiring true story of the tragic loss and triumphant resurrection of a basketball team and its coach at the heart of a small Indiana town.By ...

Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York. 'With its c...

Reducere. With more than 50, 000 enrolled members, North Carolina's Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. Malin...

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system an...

Bulent Gokay examines Turkey's recent remarkable political and economic transformation within the context of broader regional and global change to ...

DescriptionOne man's quest to seek out--and be inspired by--the great historic kitchens of Canada and the USA. John Ota was a man on a mission--to ...

Subtitled, }The True & Secret History Of The Making Of A Motor Car{. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the classic car, this is the re...

Reducere. A devastating loss of life and a community's response March 4, 1908, was an ordinary morning in Collinwood, Ohio, a village about ten miles outside...

Reducere. Winner of the Alice Hanson Jones Prize, Economic History AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe civil rights movement was al...

DescriptionGetting Past Your Saul is written to provide comfort and guidance to those in the position of the "right-hand man" who feels that their ...

In this ambitious and innovative study Gregg Brazinsky examines American nation building in South Korea during the Cold War. Marshaling a vast arra...

Children live deeply in the experience of the seasons. Their unity with nature is initially unconscious and uncritical, and this ``Garden of Eden``...

Reducere. There's probably a good chance that you've turned on your television, computer, or an appliance without giving much thought about the electric grid...

Reducere. Amazon animals, we both can read, kids rainforest books, rainforest animals, early readers ages 6-8 A-Z AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST OF...

Tells a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of cou...

Reducere. A story of one family's love and courage in the Jim Crow-era Deep South In defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named ...

Reducere. E.M. Standing edits a compilation of essays by Maria Montessori and others on religious education for children. Dr. Montessori describes the need f...

Description"Magnificent."--Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the lar...

Reducere. DescriptionMaking Whiteness is a profoundly important work that explains how and why whiteness came to be such a crucial, embattled--and distorting...

Narrated by a chair, In the Clouds is a light-hearted, humorous tale that tracks a hot-air balloon through the skies above Paris. Featuring the ori...

Reducere. The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe,...

Chronicling the 'other Norman invasion', The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, ...

Reducere. The American Legion was founded in 1919, shortly after the harrowing conflict of World War I drew to a close; this book describes the founding, and...

Publisher: Plexus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Lee KarrNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 372 x 351 x 15Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Reducere. In reading ALL IN: The Making of a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, one begins to understand that the PA has chosen a vocation in which work will permeate all ...

Reducere. From experimental shorts and web series to Hollywood blockbusters and feminist porn, the work of African American lesbian filmmakers has made a pow...

This historical study shows how the peach emerged as a viable commodity precisely when the South was desperate for an improved reputation. The book...

Reducere. Investigates the changing strategy and structure of the large industrial enterprise in the United States

In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside a...

Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1, 000 e...

Reducere. When Confederate men marched off to battle, southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing fo...