The rope : a true story of murder, heroism, and the dawn of the NAACP / Alex Tresniowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tresniowski, Alex, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Murder--New Jersey--Asbury Park--History--20th century.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation--New Jersey--Asbury Park--History--20th century.

Heroes--New Jersey--Asbury Park--History--20th century.

Heroes.

Murder--Investigation.

History.

New Jersey--Asbury Park.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Other Title:

True story of murder, heroism, and the dawn of the NAACP

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : 37 INK, Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Summary:

"From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a page-turning, remarkable true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year-old Marie Smith, the dawn of modern criminal detection and the launch of the NAACP. In the tranquil seaside town of Asbury Park, New Jersey, ten-year-old schoolgirl Marie Smith is brutally murdered. Small town officials, unable to find the culprit, call upon the young manager of a New York detective agency for help. It is the detective's first murder case, and now, the specifics of the investigation and daring sting operation that caught the killer is captured in all its rich detail for the first time. Occurring exactly halfway between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the formal beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in 1954, the brutal murder and its highly-covered investigation sits at the historic intersection of sweeping national forces--religious extremism, class struggle, the infancy of criminal forensics, and America's Jim Crow racial violence. History and true crime collide in this sensational murder mystery featuring characters as complex and colorful as those found in the best psychological thrillers--the unconventional truth-seeking detective Ray Schindler; the sinister pedophile Frank Heidemann; the ambitious Asbury Park Sheriff Clarence Hetrick; the mysterious "sting artist," Carl Neumeister; the indomitable crusader Ida Wells; and the victim, Marie Smith, who represented all the innocent and vulnerable children living in turn-of-the-century America. Gripping and powerful, The Rope is an important piece of history that gives a voice to the voiceless and resurrects a long-forgotten true crime story that speaks to the very divisions tearing at the nation's fabric today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Black Diamond

ch. 2 The Flower

ch. 3 A New Eden

ch. 4 Blood Under A Black Skin

ch. 5 The Wanamassa

ch. 6 Burn Scars

ch. 7 191/2 Atkins Avenue

ch. 8 Came The Men

ch. 9 The Cry Of Humanity

ch. 10 Gather My Race In My Arms

ch. 11 A Negro's Crime

ch. 12 The Secret Plan

ch. 13 A Guilty Mind

ch. 14 Grace Foster

ch. 15 My Besetting Sin

ch. 16 Turn Our Face To The West

ch. 17 A Balance Of Goodness And Evil

ch. 18 The Greenhouse

ch. 19 What Kind Of Fellow He Was

ch. 20 Afraid Of What They Might Find

ch. 21 The Agonies Of The Damned

ch. 22 Nobody Seen Me Do It

ch. 23 The Watchtower

ch. 24 Two Coffins

ch. 25 The Hellhound

ch. 26 The Hands Of Parties Unknown

ch. 27 Frog James

ch. 28 The Rope

ch. 29 Immoral Thoughts And Expressions

ch. 30 Angels Could Do No More

ch. 31 Rope And Coal Oil

ch. 32 The Premonition

ch. 33 Once To Every Man And Nation

ch. 34 Still He Lay In Jail

ch. 35 What Was Her Name?

ch. 36 On The Square

ch. 37 "It Won't Bring Her Back"

ch. 38 The Fortress

ch. 39 The Lord Has Willed It So.

Other Format:

Online version: Tresniowski, Alex, Asbury Park

ISBN:

9781982114022

1982114029

9781982114039

1982114037

OCLC:

1221014752