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The Resource Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King, (sound recording)

Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King, (sound recording)

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Author
Narrator
Contributor
Summary
"A small town. A big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a 'husky Negro' did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. Crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who is protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence come to the surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still."--Dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (14 hr., 48 min.)
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Isbn
9780525528265
Instance
Label
Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
Title
Beneath a ruthless sun
Title remainder
a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
Statement of responsibility
Gilbert King
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A small town. A big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a 'husky Negro' did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. Crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who is protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence come to the surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still."--Dust jacket
Cataloging source
BTCTA
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King, Gilbert
Dewey number
  • 364.15/32092
  • B
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
HV9955.F6
LC item number
K56 2018ab
Literary text for sound recordings
biography
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Kimberly Farr
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Farr, Kimberly
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  • Daniels, Jesse Delbert
  • Discrimination in criminal justice administration
  • Rape
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King, (sound recording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (14 hr., 48 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780525528265
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Publisher number
PRHA 7181
Special playback characteristics
unknown
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
  • on1000049137
  • (OCoLC)1000049137
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found, Gilbert King, (sound recording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (14 hr., 48 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780525528265
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Publisher number
PRHA 7181
Special playback characteristics
unknown
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
  • on1000049137
  • (OCoLC)1000049137
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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