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An evil day in Georgia : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / Robert N. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Georgia--Chatsworth Region--History--20th century.
- Murder.
- Capital punishment--Georgia--History--20th century.
- Capital punishment.
- Trials (Murder)--Georgia--History--20th century.
- Trials (Murder).
- Social control--Georgia--History--20th century.
- Social control.
- Georgia--Social conditions--20th century.
- Georgia.
- Georgia--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Osborn, Coleman, 1887-1927.
- Osborn, Coleman.
- Moss, James Hugh, -1928.
- Moss, James Hugh.
- Thompson, Clifford, -1928.
- Thompson, Clifford.
- Thompson, Eula Mae, 1904-1980.
- Thompson, Eula Mae.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Follows a homicide case committed in Georgia in 1927 from the crime to the executions of those convicted of the crime almost a year later. Along the way, the narrative highlights a number of issues impacting the death penalty process, many of which are still relevant in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States ... Moreover, the case in question illustrates a range of themes prevalent in post-Progressive Georgia and brings them together to create a broader narrative. Thus, issues of race, class, and gender emerge from what was supposed to be a neutral process; ... demonstrates that capital punishment cannot be administered in an untainted fashion, but its finality demands that it must be"--From Athenaeum@UGA website.
- Contents:
- The road to nowhere
- Land where we'll never grow old
- Chasing shadows
- The accused
- The end of the road
- Redemption man
- Payment to the law
- "Pretty by ordinary standards"
- The new woman
- Retribution
- Justice denied
- Epilogue
- Appendix I: Research methods
- Appendix II: Literature.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781621901471
- 1621901475
- OCLC:
- 928668257
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