The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and

The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single)

With its manicured lawns and well-kept college-style buildings, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Floridaâ€”the largest reform school in the countryâ€”always seemed like a model for how to turn wayward teens back into productive members of society. But for decades, the century-old schoolâ€™s alumni whispered about a nightmarish reality that lurked behind the gleaming faÃ§adeâ€”a legacy of beatings, sexual abuse, and even murder, the evidence buried in unmarked graves on the overgrown fringes of the property.

In The Bones of Marianna, David Kushner tells the story of the unlikely crusaders who pushed Dozierâ€™s dark past into the light. A one-time high school football star, haunted by the memory of a departed teammate, spends years quarterbacking the fight to expose the truth, while an anthropologist uses cutting-edge technology to dig up grim secrets. Informed by months of reporting, Kushner delivers a gripping tale of hard-won justiceâ€”and exclusive details on more secrets that may be waiting to be unearthed.

The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single)