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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Goat Castle Goat Castle Karen L. Cox In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics… OL19726217W
God'll cut you down God'll cut you down John Safran "An unlikely journalist, a murder case in Mississippi, and a fascinating literary true crime story about race, money, sex, and power in the modern American South"-- OL19987085W
Devils Walking Devils Walking Stanley Nelson "After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window,… OL20040252W
The juke joint king of the Mississippi hills The juke joint king of the Mississippi hills Janice Branch Tracy "In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games and well-know blu… OL23181112W