| Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker:: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town Contributor(s): Downey, Dennis B. (Author), Hyser, Raymond M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609492803 ISBN-13: 9781609492809 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 364.134 |
| LCCN: 2011012905 |
| Series: True Crime |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.1" W x 8.96" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the book's original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Downey, Dennis B.: - Dennis B. Downey is professor of history and director of the university honors college at Millersville University (Pennsylvania). He is the author of five books and two book-length web histories, the most recent of which is entitled "The Peopling of Pennsylvania: The Creation of a Multicultural Society" (2011). |