Beneath a ruthless sun, a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King
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Label
Beneath a ruthless sun, a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-593) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Beneath a ruthless sun
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1031416765
Responsibility statement
Gilbert King
Sub title
a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
Summary
A story of sex, race, class, corruption, and the arc of justice. In December 1957, Blanche Bosanquet Knowles, the wealthy young wife of a citrus baron, is raped in her home while her husband is away. Journalist Mabel Norris Reese and an inexperienced young lawyer pursue the case, winning unlikely allies and chasing down leads until at long last they begin to unravel the unspeakable truths behind a racial conspiracy that shocked a community into silence