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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
January 1, 2002
Pages
316
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805066524
ISBN-10
0805066527
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$26.00
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Drawn from detailed interviews with an extraordinary cast of characters, a shocking true account retells the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man who was chained to the bumper of a truck and dragged down a country road by a trio of young white men, through the eyes of Sheriff Billy Rowles, who is forced to face a town filled with racism and hate. 40,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
An extraordinary account of how a small Texas town struggled to come to grips with its racist past in the aftermath of the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr.
On June 7, 1998, a forty-nine-year-old black man named James Byrd, Jr., was chained to the bumper of a truck and dragged three miles down a country road by a trio of young white men. It didn't take long for the residents of Jasper, Texas, to learn about the murder or to worry that the name of their town would become the nation's shorthand for hate crimes.
From the initial investigation through the trials and their aftermath, A Death in Texas tells the story of the infamous Byrd murder as seen through the eyes of enlightened Sheriff Billy Rowles. What he sees is a community forced to confront not only a grisly crime but also antebellum traditions about race. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players, journalist Dina Temple-Raston introduces a remarkable cast of characters, from the baby-faced killer, Bill King, to Joe Tonahill, Jasper's white patriarch who can't understand the furor over the killing. There's also James Byrd, the hard-drinking victim with his own dark past; the prosecutor and defense attorneys; and Bill King's father, who is dying of a broken heart as he awaits his son's execution.
Just as Bernard Lefkowitz pulled back the curtain on Glenridge, New Jersey, in his classic work Our Guys, Temple-Raston goes behind the scenes in Jasper, Texas, to tell the story of a town where racism and evil made itself at home
On June 7, 1998, a forty-nine-year-old black man named James Byrd, Jr., was chained to the bumper of a truck and dragged three miles down a country road by a trio of young white men. It didn't take long for the residents of Jasper, Texas, to learn about the murder or to worry that the name of their town would become the nation's shorthand for hate crimes.
From the initial investigation through the trials and their aftermath, A Death in Texas tells the story of the infamous Byrd murder as seen through the eyes of enlightened Sheriff Billy Rowles. What he sees is a community forced to confront not only a grisly crime but also antebellum traditions about race. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players, journalist Dina Temple-Raston introduces a remarkable cast of characters, from the baby-faced killer, Bill King, to Joe Tonahill, Jasper's white patriarch who can't understand the furor over the killing. There's also James Byrd, the hard-drinking victim with his own dark past; the prosecutor and defense attorneys; and Bill King's father, who is dying of a broken heart as he awaits his son's execution.
Just as Bernard Lefkowitz pulled back the curtain on Glenridge, New Jersey, in his classic work Our Guys, Temple-Raston goes behind the scenes in Jasper, Texas, to tell the story of a town where racism and evil made itself at home
Editions
Hardcover
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1 edition from Henry Holt & Co (January 1, 2002)
9780805066524 | details & prices | 316 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Relates the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr.
About: Relates the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Owl Books (January 1, 2003)
9780805072778 | details & prices | 336 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Drawn from detailed interviews with an extraordinary cast of characters, a shocking true account retells the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr.
About: Drawn from detailed interviews with an extraordinary cast of characters, a shocking true account retells the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr.
from Henry Holt & Co (January 1, 2003)
9789990039689 | details & prices | List price $0.02
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