The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose

by Jack Shuler

Book Overview

The story of a rope, a symbol, and rough justice in America.

The hangman's knot is a simple thing to tie, just a rope carefully coiled around itself up to thirteen times. But in those thirteen turns lie a powerful symbol, one that is all too deeply connected to America's past -- and present.

The last man to be hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey, who was executed in Delaware in 1996 for committing a double murder. Even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610391365
• ISBN13: 9781610391368
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"