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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
by Boyle, Kevin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805071458
- ISBN 13
- 9780805071450
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2004. A very crisp and clean signed first edition (stated); almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Flat-signed by the author on the ffep and on the title page! Black boards quarterbound by gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 415 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages of text and 8 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs! "The electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle. In the Roaring Twenties, neon lit the night, jazz played, and in northern cities glistening new sky-scrapers beckoned Negroes worn down by southern terrors. They came with battered bags and hope. Ossian Sweet was among them, carrying his parents' dreams for his future and little else." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition. Black Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046324
- Title
- Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
- Author
- Boyle, Kevin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805071458
- ISBN 13
- 9780805071450
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- SWEET OSSIAN 1895 1960 TRIALS LITIGATION DARROW CLARENCE 1857 1938 MURDER MICHIGAN DETROIT AFRICAN AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY 20TH CENTURY RACE RELATIONS UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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