Description: "What virtue there is in fire"

Main Author:	Arnold, Edwin T.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2009]
Physical Description:	242 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:	Hose, Sam, -- 1875-1899. Hose, Sam, -- 1875-1899 -- Influence. Lynching -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Georgia -- Coweta County. Murder -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century. Racism -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History. Coweta County (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History.

Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-234) and index. Introduction -- War fantasies -- Lynch Sunday -- The Palmetto massacre -- A carnival of blood and lust -- The wild ride -- A holocaust of human flesh -- Beware, all darkies! -- Lynch law in Georgia -- Sex, fingers, toes -- Across the road from the barbecue house -- Coda.
Physical Description:	242 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-234) and index.
ISBN:	9780820328911 082032891X