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Tainted Breeze : The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862 by Richard B. McCaslin (1997, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherLSU Press

ISBN-10080712219X

ISBN-139780807122198

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309735244

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Book TitleTainted Breeze : the Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862

Number of PagesXvi, 234 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDiscrimination & Race Relations, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Publication Year1997

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorRichard B. Mccaslin

Book SeriesConflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-015835

Dewey Edition20

ReviewsMcCaslin poignantly reminds us that the Confederacy, despite its avowed commitment to democracy and liberty, harbored many citizens who were willing, even eager, to viciously crush dissent., This lucidly written book explores unflinchingly what one witness called the 'darkest corner of the Confederacy.'

Dewey Decimal976.453305

SynopsisWinner of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Book Prize and a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History In the early morning hours of October 1, 1862, state militia arrested more than two hundred alleged Unionists from five North Texas counties and brought them to Gainesville, the seat of Cooke County. In the ensuing days, at least forty-four of the prisoners were hanged, and several other men were lynched in neighboring communities. This event proved to be the grisly climax of a heritage of violence and vigilantism in North Texas that began before the Civil War and lasted long afterward. Until relatively recently, a legacy of silence restricted historical writing on the Great Hanging. In the first systematic treatment of this important event, Richard B. McCaslin also sheds much light on the tensions produced in southern society by the Civil War, the nature of disaffection in the Confederacy, and the American vigilante tradition.