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

Dray, Philip, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374194413
  • ISBN: 0374194416
  • Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- June 2, 1892 -- City in Progress -- A Shadow Cast over My Sunshade -- "I Am Not the Man" -- Southern Methods Outdone -- The Vigorous Pen of Ida B. Wells -- Inquest -- The Author of My Misfortune -- The Blunders of Virtue -- Epilogue.
Subject: Lynching > New York (State) > Port Jervis > History > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > Port Jervis > History > 19th century.
Racism > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Port Jervis (N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 364.134 DRAY (Text) 50686016183589 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Littlestown Library 364.134 DRAY (Text)
Endowment: Friends of Library Named Endowment, 2022
35740635844566 Nonfiction Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 364.1 DRA 2022 (Text) 31001101855840 Adult Non Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 364.134 (Text) 33062009602005 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Milford Library 364.134 DRA (Text) 30352101333895 Nonfiction Available -
Newfoundland Area Library 364.1 DRA (Text) 38445000505093 Nonfiction Available -


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