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A lynching at Port Jervis : race and reckoning in the Gilded Age /

A book on a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism and eventually inspiring a powerful novella by Stephen Crane.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dray, Philip (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2022].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lynching > New York (State) > Port Jervis > History > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > Port Jervis > History > 19th century.
Racism > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Port Jervis (N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Description
Summary:A book on a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism and eventually inspiring a powerful novella by Stephen Crane.
Physical Description:260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780374194413
0374194416