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Title: Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South by Dan T. Carter ISBN: 0-8071-0498-1 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: October, 1979 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bancroft Prize Winner Delivers!
Comment: Does "Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South" need any more 5-star reviews to convince readers that it may just be the best historical account of an American tragedy ever written? More than seventy years have passed since nine blacks were wrongfully accused of raping two white women on board an Alabama freight train and the event still rings in the ears as if it happened yesterday. Professor Dan T. Carter has remained the preeminent expert on the Scottsboro case for more than thirty years and his extensive research is evident in this book. Never dry or dull, Professor Carter guides the reader through a harrowing story that must be read to be believed. If you're not familiar with the Scottsboro case and its important role in American and more essentially pre-Civil Rights history, this should be the first book on your list. I also recommend James Goodman's superbly written "Stories of Scottsboro" and Quentin Reynolds' "Courtroom," the biography of Scottsboro defense attorney Samuel S. Leibowitz.
Rating: 5
Summary: Detailed, Engaging, Amazing
Comment: I love reading history books, especially when they read like a novel. Carter has produced a detailed account of this nearly forgotten episode in American History and he has done it with so much energy that one can not help but be swept up in his telling of the story. He traces the episode from its hobo origins. A freight train that carried two women and several black young men was stopped. The women, when taken from the train accused all the black men of rape and from here the stories of these rail riders takes off. Working with facinating material, the segregation of the deep South, the idea of a woman's honor, the Communist and NAACP rivalry over the case, the Jewish NYer who comes to represent the boys, the racist judges and the status quo governor and the one judge who martyrs his carreer to stand up for what he believes is right,Carter shows that the tale of Scottsboro is stranger than fiction. Not only is the story itself excellent, but Carter also brings the story up to date. For anyone interested in this time period, this is a must read!
Rating: 5
Summary: Meticulous, Ruthless in Seach of Truth, Searing, and Scary.
Comment: Dan Carter has done a superb job in this study of the miscarriage of justice that took place in the Alabama of the 1930's. His picture is so complete and enlightening and he has attacked all the issues from all sides. If you want to get a very different picture of the atrocities capable in the U.S. of the 20th Century, read this book. I could say so much more.....
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Title: Stories of Scottsboro by James E. Goodman ISBN: 0679761594 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics by Dan T. Carter ISBN: 0807125970 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich: Race in the Conservative Counterrevolution, 1963-1994 by Dan T. Carter ISBN: 0807123668 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: God's Long Summer by Charles Marsh ISBN: 0691029407 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 22 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Last of the Scottsboro Boys: An Autobiography by Clarence Norris ISBN: 0399120181 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 1979 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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