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UNINA9910780708003321 |
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Autore |
Davies Sharon L. <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Rising road [[electronic resource] ] : a true tale of love, race, and religion in America / / Sharon Davies |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-975249-4 |
1-282-46582-1 |
9786612465826 |
0-19-970190-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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306.84 |
306.84/60976178109042 |
306.846 |
306.8460976 |
306.8460976178109042 |
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Soggetti |
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Interracial marriage - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century |
Anti-Catholicism - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century |
Murder - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prologue; ONE: Resistance; TWO: A Parish to Run; THREE: Until Death Do Us Part; FOUR: A City Reacts; FIVE: A Killer Speaks; SIX: The Building of a Defense; SEVEN: The Engines of Justice Turn; EIGHT: Black Robes, White Robes; NINE: Trials and Tribulations; TEN: Shadow Boxing; ELEVEN: A Jury's Verdict; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day. On August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, a Methodist minister named Edwin Stephenson shot and killed a Catholic priest, James Coyle, in broad daylight and in front of numerous witnesses. The killer's motive? The priest had married Stephenson's eighteen-year-old daughter Ruth--who had secretly converted to Catholicism three months earlier--to Pedro Gussman, a Puerto Rican migrant and practicing Catholic. Having |
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