{"product_id":"stories-of-scottsboro-isbn-9780679761594","title":"Stories of Scottsboro","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eBut Where Is the Lamb? \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a grippingly narrated work of history and \"edge-of-the-seat reportage\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune)\u003c\/i\u003e that tells the story of a case that marked a watershed in American racial justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo white Southerners, it was \"a heinous and unspeakable crime\" that flouted a taboo as old as slavery. To the Communist Party, which mounted the defense, the Scottsboro case was an ideal opportunity to unite issues of race and class. To jury after jury, the idea that nine black men had raped two white women on a train traveling through northern Alabama in 1931 was so self-evident that they found the Scottsboro boys guilty even after the U.S. Supreme Court had twice struck down the verdict and one of the \"victims\" had recanted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative work tells several stories. For out of dozens of period sources, \u003ci\u003eStories of Scottsboro\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates not only what happened at Scottsboro, but the dissonant chords it struck in the hearts and minds of an entire nation.\"A rich and compelling narrative, as taut and suspenseful as good fiction. In places, \u003ci\u003eStories of Scottsboro \u003c\/i\u003eis almost heartbreaking, not least because Goodman shows what people felt as well as what they thought.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary.... To do justice to the Scottsboro story a book would have to combine edge-of-the-seat reportage and epic narrative sweep. And it is just such a book that James Goodman has given us, a beautifully realized history...written with complete authority, tight emotional control, and brilliant use of archival material.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This gripping book does much more than tell the story of Scottsboro with new information and insight. It invents a new way of writing history. Like a kaleidoscope, the author rotates the stories told by various participants in that cause of the 1930s, causing new patterns to emerge until they take a form we can call truth.\" —James M. McPhersonJAMES GOODMAN is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eBut Where Is the Lamb? Imagining the Story of Abraham and Isaac\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Blackout,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStories of Scottsboro\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received fellowships and awards from NYU, Princeton, Rutgers, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is the US editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eRethinking History \u003c\/i\u003eand is a professor at Rutgers University, where he teaches history and creative writing. He lives in New York.","brand":"Schocken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302761058533,"sku":"NP9780679761594","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679761594.jpg?v=1767737370","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/stories-of-scottsboro-isbn-9780679761594","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}