{"product_id":"9780684868172","title":"Fire in a Canebrake","description":"By: Laura Wexler     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Melissa Faye Greene and her award-winning \u003ci\u003ePraying for Sheetrock\u003c\/i\u003e, extraordinarily talented debut author Laura Wexler tells the story of the Moore's Ford Lynching in Walton County, Georgia in 1946\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe last mass lynching in America, fully explored here for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuly 25, 1946. In Walton County, Georgia, a mob of white men commit one of the most heinous racial crimes in America's history: the shotgun murder of four black sharecroppers\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003etwo men and two women\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eat Moore's Ford Bridge. \u003ci\u003eFire in a Canebrake\u003c\/i\u003e, the term locals used to describe the sound of the fatal gunshots, is the story of our nation's last mass lynching on record. More than a half century later, the lynchers' identities still remain unknown.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing from interviews, archival sources, and uncensored FBI reports, acclaimed journalist and author Laura Wexler takes readers deep into the heart of Walton County, bringing to life the characters who inhabited that infamous landscape\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003efrom sheriffs to white supremacists to the victims themselves\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eincluding a white man who claims to have been a secret witness to the crime. By turns a powerful historical document, a murder mystery, and a cautionary tale, \u003ci\u003eFire in a Canebrake\u003c\/i\u003e ignites a powerful contemplation on race, humanity, history, and the epic struggle for truth.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46740995703011,"sku":"DTRSSUS-9780684868172","price":125.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/O_90272a30-e610-4cb3-bb7d-cdfbd63cc782.jpg?v=1750566107","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9780684868172","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}