The thirteenth turn : a history of the noose / Jack Shuler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuler, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanging--United States--History.

Hanging.

Lynching--United States--History.

Lynching.

Violence--United States--History.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2014.

New York : Public Affairs, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The hangman's knot is a simple thing to tie, just a rope carefully coiled around itself up to thirteen times. But in those thirteen turns lie a powerful symbol, one of the most powerful in history, and particularly in America, whose relationship to the noose is all too deep and complicated.Our history with hangings is shockingly recent. The last man to be hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey, who was executed in Delaware in 1996 for committing a double murder. Hanging has since been disallowed in that state, but it is still legal, in certain situations, in New Hampshire an

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part 2; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Part 3; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Part 4; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Notes; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-137-3