Forsaken : a novel
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Published
Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2016].
ISBN
9781588383174, 1588383172
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Virginia -- Hampton -- Fiction.
Christian, Virginia, -- 1894 or 1895-1912 -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Fields, George Washington, -- 1854-1932 -- Fiction.
Hampton (Va.) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Reporters and reporting -- Virginia -- Hampton -- Fiction.
Trials (Murder) -- Virginia -- Hampton -- Fiction.
Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Christian, Virginia, -- 1894 or 1895-1912 -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Fields, George Washington, -- 1854-1932 -- Fiction.
Hampton (Va.) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Reporters and reporting -- Virginia -- Hampton -- Fiction.
Trials (Murder) -- Virginia -- Hampton -- Fiction.
Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Published
Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781588383174, 1588383172
Notes
Description
"In April 1912 in Hampton, Virginia, white eighteen-year-old reporter Charles Mears covers his first murder case, a trial that roiled racial tensions. An uneducated African American girl, Virginia Christian, was tried for killing her white employer. "Virgie" died in the electric chair one day after her seventeenth birthday, the only female juvenile executed in Virginia history. Charlie tells the story of the trial and its aftermath. Woven into his narrative are actual court records, letters, newspaper stories, and personal accounts, reflecting the arc of history in characters large and small, in events local and global. Charlie falls in love with Harriet, a girl orphaned by the murder; meets Virgie's blind attorney George Fields, a former slave; and encounters physician Walter Plecker, a state official who pursues racial purity laws later emulated in Nazi Germany"--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Howell, R. (2016). Forsaken: a novel . NewSouth Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Howell, Ross. 2016. Forsaken: A Novel. NewSouth Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Howell, Ross. Forsaken: A Novel NewSouth Books, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Howell, Ross. Forsaken: A Novel NewSouth Books, 2016.
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