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Proximity to death / William S. McFeely.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McFeely, William S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Murder)--Georgia.
- Trials (Murder).
- Capital punishment--Georgia--History.
- Capital punishment.
- History.
- Georgia.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2000]
- Summary:
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McFeely compels the reader to look at capital punishment in an uncompromisingly intimate way--through the actions and decisions of those with no time left for arid debate.
- Contents:
- 1. A Georgia Courthouse 17
- 2. The Grand Dragon 24
- 3. Athens 41
- 4. 83 Poplar Street 56
- 5. Birmingham, Alabama 73
- 6. Death in Columbus 84
- 7. The Underground Railroad 102
- 8. William Brooks 109
- 9. Phillips State Prison 125
- 10. Morgan County Courthouse 143
- 11. "Just Plain Mean" 162
- 12. Jimmy Autry State Prison 176
- 13. Across Georgia 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393048195
- OCLC:
- 41315554
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