Trouble in July Caldwell, Erskine 1903-1987 creator text Fiction Didactic fiction. Fiction. Romans. nyu New York Duell, Sloan & Pearce [1940] 1940 1st ed. monographic eng print 4 preliminary leaves, 3-241 pages 21 cm Through the summer twilight in the Depression-era South, word begins to circulate of a black man accosting a white woman. In no time the awful forces of public opinion and expediency goad the separate fears and frustrations of a small southern community into the single-mindedness of a mob. Erskine Caldwell shows the lynching of Sonny Clark through many eyes. Caldwell reserves some of his most powerful passages for the few who truly held Clark's life in their hands but let it go: people like Sheriff Jeff McCurtain, who did nothing to disperse the mob; Harvey Glenn, who found Clark hiding and turned him in; and Katy Barlow, who withdrew her false charge of rape only after Clark was dead. Erskine Caldwell. Full name: Erkine Preston Caldwell. committed to retain 20170930 20421231 HathiTrust https://www.hathitrust.org/shared_print_program PU n-usu-- African Americans Crimes against Fiction Southern States Fiction Race relations Fiction American fiction 20th century Lynching Fiction Noirs américains Crimes contre Romans, nouvelles, etc États-Unis (Sud) Romans, nouvelles, etc Relations raciales Romans, nouvelles, etc Roman américain 20e siècle Lynchage Romans, nouvelles, etc Race relations American fiction African Americans Crimes against Lynching Southern States Lynching Fiction 1900-1999 fast PZ3.C12734 813/.5/2 Trouble in July Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce [1940] 1st ed. (OCoLC)575773506 40027204 DLC 920316 20241023123151.0 in00000033814 eng