"What virtue there is in fire"
cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose
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Author
Publication
2009 - University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia
Language
English
Word Count
60,500 words, Guess
Page Count
242 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewhatvirtuetherei00arno
- Internet Archivewhatvirtuetherei00arno_0
- ISBN-10082032891X
- ISBN-139780820328911
- Goodreads6374216
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- LibraryThing9489718
- Library of Congress Control Number2008050471
- OCLC Control Number276338601
- Open LibraryOL22691411M
Classifications
- DDC323.1196/0730758
- LCCF292.C8 A765 2009
Description
"The 1899 lynching of Sma Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer accused of killing Alfred Cranford, a white farmer, and raping his wife. The national media closely followed the manhunt and Hose's capture. An armed mob intercepted Hose's Atlanta-bound train and took the prisoner back to Newnan. There, in front of a large gathering on a Sunday afternoon, Hose was mutilated and set on fire. His body was dismembered and pieces of it were kept by souvenir hunters ... Arnold analyzes newspapers, letters, and speeches to understand reactions to this brutal incident, without trying to resolve the still-disputed facts of the crime."--Jacket.
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