What Virtue There Is in Fire Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose |
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| Author:
| Arnold, Edwin T. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4064-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Edwin T. Arnold was troubled by the fact that this horrific act was largely shut out of local public memory and offers the portrait of a place still trying to reconcile itself, a century later, to its painful past.
The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Edwin T. Arnold was troubled by the fact that this horrific act was largely shut out of local public memory and offers the portrait of a place still trying to reconcile itself, a century later, to its painful past.