Deer Creek Drive : a reckoning of memory and murder in the Mississippi Delta
(Large Print)
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Macedon Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
LP 364.15 LOW
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Newark Public Library - Adult Large Print
LP 364.152 LOW
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LP 364.152 LOW
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Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Large Print
LP 364.152 LOW
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LP 364.152 LOW
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Macedon Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | LP 364.15 LOW | Available |
Newark Public Library - Adult Large Print | LP 364.152 LOW | Available |
Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Large Print | LP 364.152 LOW | Available |
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Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
583 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Regular print version previously published by Alfred A. Knopf.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left face down in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn't recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry -- who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons' home -- tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi."--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lowry, B. (2022). Deer Creek Drive: a reckoning of memory and murder in the Mississippi Delta (Large print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lowry, Beverly. 2022. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lowry, Beverly. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta Center Point Large Print, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lowry, Beverly. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta Large print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2022.
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