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A compact, jolting account of the shameful execution of a 14-year-old Black boy in the Jim Crow South.... An unsettling yet important historical excavation and true-crime narrative. -- Kirkus Reviews [starred review] a gripping, tirelessly researched account of this significant case, and a cautionary tale that still resonates today. -- Booklist

"Faber's book is a fitting tribute to George Stinney and the wretched experience, past and present, of which his story is a part. --James Goodman ""American Historical Review"" A compact, jolting account of the shameful execution of a 14-year-old Black boy in the Jim Crow South.... An unsettling yet important historical excavation and true-crime narrative. -- ""Kirkus Reviews [starred review]"" a gripping, tirelessly researched account of this significant case, and a cautionary tale that still resonates today. -- ""Booklist"""

An unsettling yet important historical excavation and true-crime narrative. -- Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

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Eli Faber (1943-2020) was professor of history and dean of undergraduate studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York when he retired in 2010. He was the author of A Time for Planting: The First Migration, 1654–1820 and Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight.

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