Author: Beverly Lowry
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1984898361
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Deer Creek Drive
Author: Beverly Lowry
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1984898361
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1984898361
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Deer Creek Drive
Author: Beverly Lowry
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525657231
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525657231
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Deer Creek Power Plant
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deer Creek Power Plant (Utah)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deer Creek Power Plant (Utah)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project, Brookings County
The Deer Park
Author: Norman Mailer
Publisher: New York : Dell
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The deer park is set in the town of Desert D'Or, a man-made oasis of bars, neon signs, motels, and gambling clubs located in the desert just over the mountains from California. To Desert D'Or come the Hollywood contingents of aspiring movie stars, black-listed writers, call girls, pimps, and paternalistic studio officials -- all to enact in the strenuousness of their leisure-taking, the fevered dreams, sexual conflicts, and sputtering hopes of a rich, but lost, society."--Book jacket.
Publisher: New York : Dell
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The deer park is set in the town of Desert D'Or, a man-made oasis of bars, neon signs, motels, and gambling clubs located in the desert just over the mountains from California. To Desert D'Or come the Hollywood contingents of aspiring movie stars, black-listed writers, call girls, pimps, and paternalistic studio officials -- all to enact in the strenuousness of their leisure-taking, the fevered dreams, sexual conflicts, and sputtering hopes of a rich, but lost, society."--Book jacket.
The American Yorkshire Record
Author: American Yorkshire Club
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Swine
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Swine
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Significant Resources of the Deer Creek and Mill Creek Drainages, Tehama County, California, with Recommendations for Their Preservation
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deer Creek Watershed (Tehama County, Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deer Creek Watershed (Tehama County, Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Cursed Ice
Author: Karin Richardson
Publisher: International Digital Book Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781575501031
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
"Who are you?" the old woman asked me, her voice shaking with panic. "Why are you in here? You don't belong here! You must leave before it's too late!" But I was alone ... I was back on the beach in Jamaica, searching for John after the monster wave had knocked him down him and dragged him under. He should have surfaced by now!! "John!!" I screamed, running along the water line. "John! Where are you?!" I reached for my cell phone, but then remembered I'd left it back in the bungalow. I looked around. Not another person was in sight. Nothing was familiar! I had no idea how long we'd walked, and now I was alone and lost! "I told you," came the voice of the old woman wavering on the breeze. "I warned you to go, but now it's too late!" This was a dream, wasn't it? But it felt so real!!! ...sand between my toes, the ocean breeze, the mournful song of the waves. The voice came again ... "It's too late! The curse has begun ..." Book three of the Deer Creek Mysteries sees Ruth Ann and her friends return for yet another adventure staring the fabulous necklace known as Blue Ice. This time Ruth Ann travels to Jamaica on what was supposed to be a romantic get-away until where an ancient voodoo curse nearly costs John his life. Return to Deer Creek and find out what happens next!
Publisher: International Digital Book Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781575501031
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
"Who are you?" the old woman asked me, her voice shaking with panic. "Why are you in here? You don't belong here! You must leave before it's too late!" But I was alone ... I was back on the beach in Jamaica, searching for John after the monster wave had knocked him down him and dragged him under. He should have surfaced by now!! "John!!" I screamed, running along the water line. "John! Where are you?!" I reached for my cell phone, but then remembered I'd left it back in the bungalow. I looked around. Not another person was in sight. Nothing was familiar! I had no idea how long we'd walked, and now I was alone and lost! "I told you," came the voice of the old woman wavering on the breeze. "I warned you to go, but now it's too late!" This was a dream, wasn't it? But it felt so real!!! ...sand between my toes, the ocean breeze, the mournful song of the waves. The voice came again ... "It's too late! The curse has begun ..." Book three of the Deer Creek Mysteries sees Ruth Ann and her friends return for yet another adventure staring the fabulous necklace known as Blue Ice. This time Ruth Ann travels to Jamaica on what was supposed to be a romantic get-away until where an ancient voodoo curse nearly costs John his life. Return to Deer Creek and find out what happens next!
Bulletin
Bulletin
Author: California. Division of Water Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description