John Hammond Moore

Gebundenes Buch

Carnival of Blood

Dueling, Lynching, and Murder in South Carolina, 1880-1920

Beschreibung

This compendium of infamous crimes and spectacular violence presents the shocking history of homicide in the Palmetto State over the four decades on the cusp of our modern era that saw the demise of dueling, the rise and fall of lynching, and a proliferation of murder.

Autor

John Hammond Moore has held teaching positions at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Georgia State University in Atlanta; and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His numerous publications include Columbia and Richland County: A South Carolina Community, 1740-1990 and A Plantation Mistress on the Eve of the Civil War: The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, 1860-1861.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781570036200
• ISBN-10: 1570036209
• Artikelnr.: 21917906