The Child in the Electric Chair: The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South

by Eli Faber

Book Overview

The tragic story of the killing of 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr., the youngest person executed in the United States during the twentieth century

At 7:30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year-old Black boy walked with his Bible tucked under his arm. The guards strapped his slight, five-foot-one-inch frame into the electric chair...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643361945
• ISBN13: 9781643361949
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"