Scottsboro : a novel
Feldman, Ellen, 1941-2008
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Set in the 1930s South, this novel of race and class turns on the awful power of a lie. Intertwining real figures from history with fictional characters, the novel offers an account of the infamous Scottsboro case, when a group of black youths were accused of raping two white girls.
Main title:
Scottsboro : a novel / Ellen Feldman.
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Imprint:
London : Picador, 2008.
Collation:
363 p. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: New York: W. W. Norton.
ISBN:
9780330456142 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54FICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
48413