Displaying 1 of 1 2003 Format: Book Author: Lebsock, Suzanne. Title: A murder in Virginia : Southern justice on trial / Suzanne Lebsock. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2003. Description: 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Recounts the events surrounding the dramatic post-Civil War trial of a young African American sawmill hand who was accused of ax murdering a white woman on her Virginia farmyard and who implicated three other women in the crime. Subjects: Murder -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Trials (Murder) -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Francis Parkman Prize, 2004 Contents: Murder most brutal -- Chase City -- Flight -- Independence Day -- Solomon on trial -- Quick work -- The prince of liars -- Mirabile Marable -- The rise of Edward Pollard -- The thirteenth juror -- Taking sides -- Baptisms -- White-man stories -- Nunc pro tunc -- New life -- A gone case -- Egg-sucking dog -- Tracks -- One shall be taken -- Messages -- Solomon's body -- Common sense -- The pitcher to the well -- Who killed Lucy Pollard? LCCN: 2002015946 ISBN: 9780393042016 9780393326062 0393326063 0393042014 Other Number: 50731122 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 124496 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 364.1523 Lebsock Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
