Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and

Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST

"Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true story of a small town with 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.
But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was 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 begin to 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.

Country	USA
Author	Gilbert King
Binding	Kindle Edition
EAN	9780399183430
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9780399183430
Format	Kindle eBook
ISBN	0399183434
Label	Riverhead Books
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	430
PublicationDate	2018-04-24
Publisher	Riverhead Books
ReleaseDate	2018-04-24
Studio	Riverhead Books

Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found

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