Author: Howard Smead
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195054293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Reconstructs the case of Mack Charles Parker, a young African-American man who was lynched by a white mob in 1959 after being charged with the rape of a white woman in Poplarville, Mississippi
Blood Justice
Author: Howard Smead
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195054293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Reconstructs the case of Mack Charles Parker, a young African-American man who was lynched by a white mob in 1959 after being charged with the rape of a white woman in Poplarville, Mississippi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195054293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Reconstructs the case of Mack Charles Parker, a young African-American man who was lynched by a white mob in 1959 after being charged with the rape of a white woman in Poplarville, Mississippi
Blood Justice
Author: Tom Henderson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250098211
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
A husband’s anguish, a son’s suspicion, a killer’s secret. The true crime account of Jeffrey Gorton, the Michigan murderer who lived under the radar. In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel near Detroit. The next morning she was found gagged, raped, and tortured—her throat slit with such rage that she was nearly decapitated. Her husband Arthur never gave up hope that the future would bring enough evidence to close the case. But it was the past that held the clue. In 1985, fifty-five-year old Margarette Eby, a music professor, met the same grisly death at her cottage in Flint, Michigan. The case went cold—until six years later when the victim’s son Mark came upon the story of Nancy Ludwig’s slaying. With nothing to go on but intuition, he called authorities, certain that the same fiend committed both crimes. A cunning sting operation yielded irrefutable DNA evidence, and authorities were led to the home of respected navy veteran Jeffrey Gorton living quietly with his wife and two children. But his cold-blooded secrets were only beginning to come to light, leaving fears that there were more victims yet to be found in a killing spree that had finally come to an end. Blood Justice shows veteran reporter and author Tom Henderson at the top of his game. ***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250098211
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
A husband’s anguish, a son’s suspicion, a killer’s secret. The true crime account of Jeffrey Gorton, the Michigan murderer who lived under the radar. In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel near Detroit. The next morning she was found gagged, raped, and tortured—her throat slit with such rage that she was nearly decapitated. Her husband Arthur never gave up hope that the future would bring enough evidence to close the case. But it was the past that held the clue. In 1985, fifty-five-year old Margarette Eby, a music professor, met the same grisly death at her cottage in Flint, Michigan. The case went cold—until six years later when the victim’s son Mark came upon the story of Nancy Ludwig’s slaying. With nothing to go on but intuition, he called authorities, certain that the same fiend committed both crimes. A cunning sting operation yielded irrefutable DNA evidence, and authorities were led to the home of respected navy veteran Jeffrey Gorton living quietly with his wife and two children. But his cold-blooded secrets were only beginning to come to light, leaving fears that there were more victims yet to be found in a killing spree that had finally come to an end. Blood Justice shows veteran reporter and author Tom Henderson at the top of his game. ***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***
Blood Justice
Author: Terry J. Benton-Walker
Publisher: Tor Teen
ISBN: 1250825962
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Blood Justice is the hotly anticipated sequel to Terry J. Benton-Walker’s Most Anticipated debut Blood Debts. Praise for Blood Debts: “A conjuring of magnificence.” —NIC STONE • “A force.” —ROSEANNE A. BROWN • “An extravaganza.” —CHLOE GONG • “Powerful.” —AYANA GRAY • “Sings with hope and rage.” —TJ KLUNE • “An unforgettable thrill ride.” —J. ELLE • “Steeped in magic.” —ALEXIS HENDERSON • “Crackles with mystery and ferocity.” —MARK OSHIRO Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she’s not the only one trying to take them down. Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves. Cris’s hunger for vengeance and Clem’s desire for love could prove to be their family’s downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever. Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn’t served, it’s taken. Most Anticipated from Publishers Weekly, Bookpage, TheGrio, and more! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Teen
ISBN: 1250825962
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Blood Justice is the hotly anticipated sequel to Terry J. Benton-Walker’s Most Anticipated debut Blood Debts. Praise for Blood Debts: “A conjuring of magnificence.” —NIC STONE • “A force.” —ROSEANNE A. BROWN • “An extravaganza.” —CHLOE GONG • “Powerful.” —AYANA GRAY • “Sings with hope and rage.” —TJ KLUNE • “An unforgettable thrill ride.” —J. ELLE • “Steeped in magic.” —ALEXIS HENDERSON • “Crackles with mystery and ferocity.” —MARK OSHIRO Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she’s not the only one trying to take them down. Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves. Cris’s hunger for vengeance and Clem’s desire for love could prove to be their family’s downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever. Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn’t served, it’s taken. Most Anticipated from Publishers Weekly, Bookpage, TheGrio, and more! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Blood and Justice
Author: Rayven T. Hill
Publisher: Rayven T. Hill
ISBN: 1301670162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Jenny James goes missing, and the local police are unable to find her, the girl's frantic mother hires private investigators Jake and Annie Lincoln to search for her daughter. When the body of Jenny's boyfriend is discovered, the mystery of her disappearance deepens. Shaken out of their comfort zone of Internet searches and poring over public records, the couple soon find themselves facing the frightening possibility they are looking for the latest victim of a serial killer. As more bodies pile up, the town is gripped with fear. It seems no one is safe, and the Lincolns race to solve an impossible puzzle before they become the killer's next victims. + + + Category Keywords: free, freebies, female protagonist, serial killer, vigilante justice, women sleuths, Crime Fiction, police procedurals, Murder, Kidnapping, private detective, Mystery, mystry, suspence, Suspense, mysteries, thrillers, Canada, Canadian, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators Series, International, Cozy, ebook, criminal fiction, thriller novels, free books, Serial Killers, ebooks, Police
Publisher: Rayven T. Hill
ISBN: 1301670162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Jenny James goes missing, and the local police are unable to find her, the girl's frantic mother hires private investigators Jake and Annie Lincoln to search for her daughter. When the body of Jenny's boyfriend is discovered, the mystery of her disappearance deepens. Shaken out of their comfort zone of Internet searches and poring over public records, the couple soon find themselves facing the frightening possibility they are looking for the latest victim of a serial killer. As more bodies pile up, the town is gripped with fear. It seems no one is safe, and the Lincolns race to solve an impossible puzzle before they become the killer's next victims. + + + Category Keywords: free, freebies, female protagonist, serial killer, vigilante justice, women sleuths, Crime Fiction, police procedurals, Murder, Kidnapping, private detective, Mystery, mystry, suspence, Suspense, mysteries, thrillers, Canada, Canadian, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators Series, International, Cozy, ebook, criminal fiction, thriller novels, free books, Serial Killers, ebooks, Police
Blood Justice
Author: David Burton
Publisher: By Light Unseen Media
ISBN: 1935303139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
About to die during a failed attempt to kill one of the men responsible for her daughter's death, Justine Kroft is saved by Simone Gireaux, a 350 year old vampire. Justine and Simone join forces to find and kill the self-anointed Vampire Master involved in her daughter's death. Justine must make a choice between her daughter and the mortal man whose love for her has put his life on the block.
Publisher: By Light Unseen Media
ISBN: 1935303139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
About to die during a failed attempt to kill one of the men responsible for her daughter's death, Justine Kroft is saved by Simone Gireaux, a 350 year old vampire. Justine and Simone join forces to find and kill the self-anointed Vampire Master involved in her daughter's death. Justine must make a choice between her daughter and the mortal man whose love for her has put his life on the block.
Blood Justice
Author: Jory Sherman
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628150165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628150165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Blood in the Snow
Author: Tom Henderson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429980591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
“Vivid characters carry the action in latest book about grisly Metro Detroit murder . . . a page turner” from the true crime author of Darker Than Night (The Detroit News). Washington Township, Michigan: Valentine’s Day, 2007. Stephen Grant filed a missing person’s report on his beloved wife, Tara. The stay-at-home father of two was beside himself with despair. Why would Tara abandon him and their family? Was she involved with another man? Stephen’s frantic, emotional search for Tara made national headlines, and the case was featured on Dateline among other television shows and news outlets. But key elements in Stephen’s story still weren’t adding up: Why did he wait five days to go to police? What was the nature of his relationship with his children’s beautiful, nineteen-year-old babysitter? Why did Stephen have cuts on his hands, and random bruises? Then, the police made a gruesome discovery. Parts of Tara Grant’s body started turning up around the woods near the Grant’s home. The truth was finally coming to light . . . and, after a two-day manhunt, Stephen admitted to having killed Tara—first strangling her, then cutting her body into fourteen pieces before burying them. This is the shocking true story about a bitter, cheating husband whose crimes were revealed by the Blood in the Snow. Please note that the photos that appear in the print edition of the title do not appear in the e-book. “[Blood in the Snow is] the third book about the case but it’s also the only one that had police cooperation. And that makes all the difference . . . a wild ride of a read that’s still compelling.” —Metro Times
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429980591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
“Vivid characters carry the action in latest book about grisly Metro Detroit murder . . . a page turner” from the true crime author of Darker Than Night (The Detroit News). Washington Township, Michigan: Valentine’s Day, 2007. Stephen Grant filed a missing person’s report on his beloved wife, Tara. The stay-at-home father of two was beside himself with despair. Why would Tara abandon him and their family? Was she involved with another man? Stephen’s frantic, emotional search for Tara made national headlines, and the case was featured on Dateline among other television shows and news outlets. But key elements in Stephen’s story still weren’t adding up: Why did he wait five days to go to police? What was the nature of his relationship with his children’s beautiful, nineteen-year-old babysitter? Why did Stephen have cuts on his hands, and random bruises? Then, the police made a gruesome discovery. Parts of Tara Grant’s body started turning up around the woods near the Grant’s home. The truth was finally coming to light . . . and, after a two-day manhunt, Stephen admitted to having killed Tara—first strangling her, then cutting her body into fourteen pieces before burying them. This is the shocking true story about a bitter, cheating husband whose crimes were revealed by the Blood in the Snow. Please note that the photos that appear in the print edition of the title do not appear in the e-book. “[Blood in the Snow is] the third book about the case but it’s also the only one that had police cooperation. And that makes all the difference . . . a wild ride of a read that’s still compelling.” —Metro Times
Blood Justice
Author: Steve N. Lee
Publisher: Blue Zoo
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A brutal homicide. An elusive killer. A dark secret too terrifying to believe. ★★★★★ “Kick-ass non-stop action and intrigue will keep you reading when you should be somewhere else.” Dave To Tess Williams, murder is not a crime, it’s a vocation. A rogue assassin, Tess lives to protect the innocent and avenge the dead, so when a brutal slaying in suburbia grabs her attention, she wants just one thing – to nail the killer at any cost. But with no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence, how can she catch this cold-blooded monster? Tess’s investigation plunges her into a perilous underworld filled with chop shop thugs, professional thieves, and mob bosses, where her survival relies as much on her wits as her fists. Yet no matter how hard she fights, she can’t uncover a single lead, only hints of a dark secret that lurks at the heart of the murder. Battling on, Tess digs deeper, but then a shocking revelation stops her dead... Her only chance of nailing the killer could lie in making a deal with the devil. But that would mean crossing a line. Becoming the very thing she's fighting against. Tess is trapped in a deadly no-win situation as this simple case turns into her greatest challenge ever – can she sacrifice everything she believes in to bury the killer, or must she watch more innocent people die? Praise for Blood Justice: ★★★★★ “Another Cracking Read. This is another great story with an excellent plot and lots of action.” P. Flanders ★★★★★ “Interesting characters with a great story line keep this series an awesome page turner. You should be reading these!” M K Pingree ★★★★★ “The depth of Tess, the lead character is surprising … I'd recommend these to any fan of action-thrillers.” John Mariotti ★★★★★ “Mr Lee is a master story teller and I have loved everything that he has written.” MCR ★★★★★ “Have read them all and can't praise them enough!” Marion Gibbs If you love a troubled hero with a dark past, love pulse-pounding action and electrifying suspense, you MUST READ this series! >>> Click Buy Now <<< Absolutely FREE! You get Black File 03 free with this book (see the Table of Contents for details). Dark Crime Thrillers This series is gritty, action-packed crime fiction, not Miss Marple, so expect some violence, occasional strong language, and every so often, a scene of a sexual nature. The paperback edition is 200 pages long. ★★★★★ “I particularly liked this one as it not only had the tense plot and action we know and love but also more of an insight into what drives Tess. As always, the end seemed to come all too soon and has left me eager for the next book." Jan Simmons * Do you love the action thriller series of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, Stieg Larsson, Vince Flynn, John Sandford, David Baldacci, James Patterson…? * Love assassin books, revenge thrillers, vigilante series, action novels, noir fiction, hard boiled mystery? * Then you’ll love Steve N. Lee's kick-ass hero, fast-paced plots, and Jack Reacher-style action. >>> Click Buy Now <<<
Publisher: Blue Zoo
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A brutal homicide. An elusive killer. A dark secret too terrifying to believe. ★★★★★ “Kick-ass non-stop action and intrigue will keep you reading when you should be somewhere else.” Dave To Tess Williams, murder is not a crime, it’s a vocation. A rogue assassin, Tess lives to protect the innocent and avenge the dead, so when a brutal slaying in suburbia grabs her attention, she wants just one thing – to nail the killer at any cost. But with no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence, how can she catch this cold-blooded monster? Tess’s investigation plunges her into a perilous underworld filled with chop shop thugs, professional thieves, and mob bosses, where her survival relies as much on her wits as her fists. Yet no matter how hard she fights, she can’t uncover a single lead, only hints of a dark secret that lurks at the heart of the murder. Battling on, Tess digs deeper, but then a shocking revelation stops her dead... Her only chance of nailing the killer could lie in making a deal with the devil. But that would mean crossing a line. Becoming the very thing she's fighting against. Tess is trapped in a deadly no-win situation as this simple case turns into her greatest challenge ever – can she sacrifice everything she believes in to bury the killer, or must she watch more innocent people die? Praise for Blood Justice: ★★★★★ “Another Cracking Read. This is another great story with an excellent plot and lots of action.” P. Flanders ★★★★★ “Interesting characters with a great story line keep this series an awesome page turner. You should be reading these!” M K Pingree ★★★★★ “The depth of Tess, the lead character is surprising … I'd recommend these to any fan of action-thrillers.” John Mariotti ★★★★★ “Mr Lee is a master story teller and I have loved everything that he has written.” MCR ★★★★★ “Have read them all and can't praise them enough!” Marion Gibbs If you love a troubled hero with a dark past, love pulse-pounding action and electrifying suspense, you MUST READ this series! >>> Click Buy Now <<< Absolutely FREE! You get Black File 03 free with this book (see the Table of Contents for details). Dark Crime Thrillers This series is gritty, action-packed crime fiction, not Miss Marple, so expect some violence, occasional strong language, and every so often, a scene of a sexual nature. The paperback edition is 200 pages long. ★★★★★ “I particularly liked this one as it not only had the tense plot and action we know and love but also more of an insight into what drives Tess. As always, the end seemed to come all too soon and has left me eager for the next book." Jan Simmons * Do you love the action thriller series of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, Stieg Larsson, Vince Flynn, John Sandford, David Baldacci, James Patterson…? * Love assassin books, revenge thrillers, vigilante series, action novels, noir fiction, hard boiled mystery? * Then you’ll love Steve N. Lee's kick-ass hero, fast-paced plots, and Jack Reacher-style action. >>> Click Buy Now <<<
Blood Sugar
Author: Anthony Ryan Hatch
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452950075
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Why do African Americans have exceptionally high rates of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity? Is it their genes? Their disease-prone culture? Their poor diets? Such racist explanations for racial inequalities in metabolic health have circulated in medical journals for decades. Blood Sugar analyzes and challenges the ways in which “metabolic syndrome” has become a major biomedical category that medical researchers have created to better understand the risks high blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, and cholesterol pose to people. An estimated sixty million Americans are well on the way to being diagnosed with it, many of them belonging to people of color. Anthony Ryan Hatch argues that the syndrome represents another, very real crisis and that its advent signals a new form of “colorblind scientific racism”—a repackaging of race within biomedical and genomic research. Examining the cultural discussions and scientific practices that target human metabolism of prescription drugs and sugar by African Americans, he reveals how medical researchers who use metabolic syndrome to address racial inequalities in health have in effect reconstructed race as a fixed, biological, genetic feature of bodies—without incorporating social and economic inequalities into the equation. And just as the causes of metabolic syndrome are framed in racial terms, so are potential drug treatments and nutritional health interventions. The first sustained social and political inquiry of metabolic syndrome, this provocative and timely book is a crucial contribution to the emerging literature on race and medicine. It will engage those who seek to understand how unjust power relations shape population health inequalities and the production of medical knowledge and biotechnologies.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452950075
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Why do African Americans have exceptionally high rates of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity? Is it their genes? Their disease-prone culture? Their poor diets? Such racist explanations for racial inequalities in metabolic health have circulated in medical journals for decades. Blood Sugar analyzes and challenges the ways in which “metabolic syndrome” has become a major biomedical category that medical researchers have created to better understand the risks high blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, and cholesterol pose to people. An estimated sixty million Americans are well on the way to being diagnosed with it, many of them belonging to people of color. Anthony Ryan Hatch argues that the syndrome represents another, very real crisis and that its advent signals a new form of “colorblind scientific racism”—a repackaging of race within biomedical and genomic research. Examining the cultural discussions and scientific practices that target human metabolism of prescription drugs and sugar by African Americans, he reveals how medical researchers who use metabolic syndrome to address racial inequalities in health have in effect reconstructed race as a fixed, biological, genetic feature of bodies—without incorporating social and economic inequalities into the equation. And just as the causes of metabolic syndrome are framed in racial terms, so are potential drug treatments and nutritional health interventions. The first sustained social and political inquiry of metabolic syndrome, this provocative and timely book is a crucial contribution to the emerging literature on race and medicine. It will engage those who seek to understand how unjust power relations shape population health inequalities and the production of medical knowledge and biotechnologies.
Blood Done Sign My Name
Author: Timothy B. Tyson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307419932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird *Chicago Tribune On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons chased and beat Marrow, then killed him in public as he pleaded for his life. Like many small Southern towns, Oxford had barely been touched by the civil rights movement. But in the wake of the killing, young African Americans took to the streets. While lawyers battled in the courthouse, the Klan raged in the shadows and black Vietnam veterans torched the town’s tobacco warehouses. Tyson’s father, the pastor of Oxford’s all-white Methodist church, urged the town to come to terms with its bloody racial history. In the end, however, the Tyson family was forced to move away. Tim Tyson’s gripping narrative brings gritty blues truth and soaring gospel vision to a shocking episode of our history. FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD “If you want to read only one book to understand the uniquely American struggle for racial equality and the swirls of emotion around it, this is it.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Blood Done Sign My Name is a most important book and one of the most powerful meditations on race in America that I have ever read.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer “Pulses with vital paradox . . . It’s a detached dissertation, a damning dark-night-of-the-white-soul, and a ripping yarn, all united by Tyson’s powerful voice, a brainy, booming Bubba profundo.”—Entertainment Weekly “Engaging and frequently stunning.”—San Diego Union-Tribune
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307419932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird *Chicago Tribune On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons chased and beat Marrow, then killed him in public as he pleaded for his life. Like many small Southern towns, Oxford had barely been touched by the civil rights movement. But in the wake of the killing, young African Americans took to the streets. While lawyers battled in the courthouse, the Klan raged in the shadows and black Vietnam veterans torched the town’s tobacco warehouses. Tyson’s father, the pastor of Oxford’s all-white Methodist church, urged the town to come to terms with its bloody racial history. In the end, however, the Tyson family was forced to move away. Tim Tyson’s gripping narrative brings gritty blues truth and soaring gospel vision to a shocking episode of our history. FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD “If you want to read only one book to understand the uniquely American struggle for racial equality and the swirls of emotion around it, this is it.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Blood Done Sign My Name is a most important book and one of the most powerful meditations on race in America that I have ever read.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer “Pulses with vital paradox . . . It’s a detached dissertation, a damning dark-night-of-the-white-soul, and a ripping yarn, all united by Tyson’s powerful voice, a brainy, booming Bubba profundo.”—Entertainment Weekly “Engaging and frequently stunning.”—San Diego Union-Tribune