Awards

• Winner of Francis Parkman Prize 2004
• Winner of Francis Parkman Prize 2004.
• Winner of Library of Virginia Literary Award 2004
• Winner of Library of Virginia Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2004
• Winner of Library of Virginia Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2004.

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[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive. Chicago Tribune

How refreshing! Honest-to-goodness, 100 percent-genuine facts in an age of docudramas and fictional histories....Impressive job of historical re-creation....[Lebsock] has done a service in resuscitating this forgotten tale. -- New York Times So much happens-and so much of it is unexpected-in Suzanne Lebsock's gripping study of the sensational ax murder of Lucy Jane Pollard...that we can only urge readers to read for themselves the acclaimed author's brilliant descriptions of racial politics (four African Americans were accused), the constant threat of lynching, the vicious court battles and how it all ended. -- Dallas Morning News

So much happens-and so much of it is unexpected-in Suzanne Lebsock's gripping study of the sensational ax murder of Lucy Jane Pollard...that we can only urge readers to read for themselves the acclaimed author's brilliant descriptions of racial politics (four African Americans were accused), the constant threat of lynching, the vicious court battles and how it all ended. How refreshing! Honest-to-goodness, 100 percent-genuine facts in an age of docudramas and fictional histories...Impressive job of historical re-creation...[Lebsock] has done a service in resuscitating this forgotten tale.

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Suzanne Lebsock is a recipient of a MacArthur fellowship and professor of history at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Her work winning The Free Women of Petersburg received the Bancroft Prize. She lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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