ENGLISH

The Barn : The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By Wright Thompson

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2024
ISBN
9780593299821, 9780593299838
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3631458 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2024-09-24 08:42:12

Description

“The Barn is the most brutal, layered and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and reckoning can get no better, or more important, than this.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division and Heavy: An American Memoir“An incredible history of a crime that changed America.” —John Grisham"With integrity, and soul, Thompson unearths the terrible how and why, carrying us back and forth through time, deep in Mississippi—baring, sweat, soil, and heart all the way through.” —Imani PerryA shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so longWright...

Similar books