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Hell put to shame : the 1921 Murder Farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery / by Swift, Earl,1958-author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index.On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror: all eleven had been kept in virtual slavery before their deaths. In fact, as America was shocked to learn, the dead were among thousands of Black men enslaved throughout the South in conditions nearly as dire as those before the Civil War. Hell Put to Shame tells the forgotten story of that mass killing and of the revelations about peonage, or debt slavery, that it placed before a public self-satisfied that involuntary servitude had ended at Appomattox more than fifty years before. By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political exposé, Hell Put to Shame also reintroduces readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors. The remarkable polymath James Weldon Johnson, newly appointed the first Black leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, marshaled the organization into a full-on war against peonage. Johnson's lieutenant, Walter F. White, a light-skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed Black man, conducted undercover work at the scene of lynchings and other Jim Crow atrocities, helping to throw a light on such violence and to hasten its end. And Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey won the statehouse as a hero of white supremacists -- then redeemed himself in spectacular fashion with the "Murder Farm" affair. The result is a story that remains fresh and relevant a century later, as the nation continues to wrestle with seemingly intractable challenges in matters of race and justice. And the 1921 case at its heart argues that the forces that so roil society today have been with us for generations.; Subjects: Case studies.; Manning, Clyde.; Williams, John S.; African Americans; Murder; Peonage; Plantation workers; Trials (Murder);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The stranger in the lifeboat [sound recording] : a novel / by Albom, Mitch,1958-author,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;: Read by the author.After a deadly ship explosion, nine people, adrift in a raft, struggle to survive at sea and pull a strange man from the sea who claims to be the Lord.; Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Lifeboats; Shipwreck survival; Shipwrecks;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The next person you meet in Heaven [sound recording] / by Albom, Mitch,1958-author,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;: Read by the author."In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie's journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie's story. The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness. As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey--and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed. Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter,but that every ending is also a beginning--we only need to open our eyes to see it"--; Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Accident victims; Amusement parks; Amusement rides; Death; Future life; Heaven; Older men;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The nightmare ninja / by Higgins, Simon,1958-; Higgins, Simon,1958-Wrath of Silverwolf.;: LSC; Subjects: Spy stories.; Ninja; Secret societies;; © 2012, c2009., Little, Brown,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Rise of the ninja / by Higgins, Simon,1958-; Higgins, Simon,1958-Eye of the beast.;: LSC; Subjects: Spy stories.; Ninja; Secret societies; Spies;; © 2011, c2008., Little, Brown and Co.,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Treat / by Sullivan, Mary,1958-;: LSC; Subjects: Dogs;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Bridget Jones's diary : a novel / by Fielding, Helen,1958-;: Subjects: Single women; Humorous stories;; © 1998, c1996., Viking,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
The Aurelia curse / by Funke, Cornelia,1958-;: LSC; Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Dragons; Sea monsters; Quests (Expeditions); Animals, Mythical; Magic;; Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Last to die : a novel / by Grippando, James,1958-;: Subjects: Wills; Legal stories; Suspense fiction; Mystery fiction;; © c2003., HarperCollins,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI

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