A lynching at Port Jervis : race and reckoning in the Gilded Age / Philip Dray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dray, Philip, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--New York (State)--Port Jervis--History--19th century.

Lynching.

African Americans--New York (State)--Port Jervis--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Racism--New York (State)--History--19th century.

Racism.

Port Jervis (N.Y.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Port Jervis (N.Y.).

Race relations.

New York (State).

New York (State)--Port Jervis.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

Summary:

"A book on a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism and eventually inspiring a powerful novella by Stephen Crane"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. June 2, 1892

2. City in Progress

3. A Shadow Cast Over My Sunshade

4. "I Am Not the Man"

5. Southern Methods Outdone

6. The Vigorous Pen of Ida B. Wells

7. Inquest

8. The Author of My Misfortune

9. The Blunders of Virtue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780374194413

0374194416

OCLC:

1266253944