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- HISTORY / United States / General
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Flood of Lies
9781455621309
Regular price $14.95 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS BEST REGIONAL NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH GOLD MEDAL
“When an elderly couple is charged with murder in the drowning deaths of thirty-five bed-ridden residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home, an emotional edge-of-your-seat thriller takes off like a shot! The players: a wily and profane defense lawyer, a ferocious prosecutor, vengeful families of the victims, and a ravenous media that brands the defendants ‘Monsters of Hurricane Katrina.’ My advice—block out enough time to read this wonderful book in one sitting.”
—John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
“A passionate and personal book, artfully constructed.”
—Washington Post
“A war story of jurisprudence. . . . a book you wish wouldn’t end.”
—Daily Beast
Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder
9781467157322
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%An Agatha Nominee for Best Non-Fiction
On a bitter November night in 1945, a widow shot her young boarder, a WWII veteran, and left him to die on the floor of his room.
Helen Clark tossed the gun under the neighbor’s porch and then took a taxi to join her teen daughters at a movie in Bristol. When the body was found, after several conflicting statements, she settled on the claim that he shot himself–four times, twice in the back. The Commonwealth of Virginia called it murder in a jealous rage. The trial enthralled the nation.
Local author Greg Lilly uses newspaper coverage of the murder, the investigation and the trial to reveal the facts of the Abingdon boardinghouse murder.
The Parchman Ordeal
9781467140645
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Mississippi and the Great Depression
9781467118767
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Join author Richelle Putnam as she recounts how Mississippian’s resolve and fortitude brought the state through one of the hardest economic times in American history.
When the Great Depression erupted, Mississippi had not yet recovered from the boll weevil or the Flood of 1927. Its land suffered from depleted forests and soil. Plus, the state had yet to confront the racial caste systems imprisoning poor whites, African Americans and other minorities. Nevertheless, innovative Mississippians managed to keep their businesses and services open. Meanwhile, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs fostered economic stimulation within the state. Author Richelle Putnam also highlights the state's spiritual and cultural giants, who rose from the nation's poorest state to create a lasting footprint of determination, pride and hope during the Depression era.