| Lynchings in Missouri, 1803-1981 Contributor(s): Frazier, Harriet C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786436689 ISBN-13: 9780786436682 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2009 Annotation: At least 227 mob lynchings took place on Missouri soil between 1803 and 1981, all of which are identified, confirmed, and documented in this first investigation of the states lynching history. The first four chapters focus on lynchings which took place before the nationwide lynching fervor of the 1880s. Topics covered in other chapters include: law enforcement efforts to punish lynchers; the link between black lynchings and either founded or unfounded rape allegations; horse/hog stealing, bank robbery, murder, sex crimes, and other notable offenses for which whites were lynched; and the still-unsolved lynching of a white man in Skidmore, Missouri in 1981. The book also documents, usually with an in-state source, 49 falsely reported, doubtful, and/or foiled lynchings which took place between 1857 and 1930. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - True Crime - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.134 |
| LCCN: 2009023177 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.95 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At least 227 mob murders took place on Missouri soil between 1803 and 1981, all of which are identified, confirmed, and documented (with legal sources) in this first investigation of the state's lynching history. The first four chapters focus on lynchings that took place before The Chicago Tribune began its annual nationwide lists of the lynched in the 1880s. Topics covered in other chapters include legal efforts to punish lynchers; the link between black lynchings and rape allegations; horse/hog stealing, bank robbery, murder, sex crimes, and other notable offenses for which whites were lynched; and the still-unsolved lynching of a white man in Skidmore, Missouri, in 1981. The book also documents, usually with an in-state source, 50 falsely reported, doubtful, or foiled lynchings which took place between 1857 and 1930. |