Description: Murder on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Maryland, True Crime, Paperback Murder on Maryland's Eastern Shore, by former Worcester County, Maryland State's Attorney Joseph E. Moore, explores the racially charged case of Euel Lee, alias Orphan Jones, an African American worker accused of murdering his white employer and family. Moore reconstructs the crime and ensuing trial of Orphan Jones against the backdrop of Jim Crow politics, which was very much a part of America in the 1930s. Moore provides accurate detail, local color and an enlightening empathy with all the participants in the saga of Euel Lee. He has sought out and mastered the available evidence, even to the extent of locating the two confessions of the convicted murderer. The Euel Lee case as explored by Joe Moore is more than good, readable, local history. It is about the stresses and strains in American society in the Depression, from the radicalism of a young Communist lawyer to the conscious efforts of a rural community to contain violence, confront or at least deal with their prejudices and see that justice was served for a senseless murder in their midst. Moore sets a high standard of factual accountability and entertaining narrative based upon oral history and archival research. General readers and scholars alike will not be disappointed.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596290778
Book Title: Murder on Maryland's Eastern Shore : Race, Politics and the Case of Orphan Jones
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: Murder / General, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Discrimination & Race Relations, Criminals & Outlaws, Legal History
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Author: Joseph E. Moore
Item Length: 9.8 in
Item Width: 6.9 in
Book Series: True Crime Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
