The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan

by Laurence Leamer

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history--the Ku Klux Klan. On a Friday night in March 1981 Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062458345
• ISBN13: 9780062458346
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"