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A Game Called Salisbury: The Spinning of a Southern Tragedy and the Myths of Race by [Barringer Wells, Susan]

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2009 Recipient of Willie Parker Peace History Book Award ---North Carolina Society of Historians

Through a mix of news reports and oral history, Wells details two true tragedies set in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1906. Near midnight on Friday the Thirteenth of July, fourteen-year-old Addie Lyerly, awakened by smoke, descended the stairs of her family farmhouse and found her parents and siblings drenched in blood and encircled by flames. The ax murder of Addie's relatives would lead to the lynching of two men and a teenage boy, African Americans who had worked on the Lyerly farm before the murders.

Named after the lynching games children played in the aftermath, A GAME CALLED SALISBURY is more than a true story about a regional tragedy. What sets the book apart from other murder and lynching accounts is its in-depth examination of the political influences on the 1906 press, as well as its glimpse into the private lives of reporters covering the story. It illustrates one of the more devastating residual effects of Post Reconstruction white supremacist campaign tactics. And it gives graphic examples of racist distortions that created much of the mindset and myths about race remaining today.

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File Size: 31835 KB
Print Length: 476 pages
Publisher: AUTHOR; 2 edition (June 1, 2010)
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
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Language: English
ASIN: B003P2VFFO
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jessica Rose

A Must for Anyone Who Really wants to Know

February 15, 2019

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The book is well researched by someone who is related to the tragedy by family and by familiarity with the area. Detailed and objective, this book is not just about the lynching, but really helps to illustrated what the Reign of Terror was all about in the United States. Must read for anyone who is a student of history, a student of the Southern States, or an American who wants to understand this time period.

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Jessica

Living right in the middle of Salisbury!

July 22, 2017

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I live in Salisbury,NC...this was an interesting read.. I have never heard of this story before....

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L. Sterling

A must read!

February 6, 2016

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This was an eye opener to the evilness of the human beings.

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C. R. Lessner

Got this book for my boyfriend

January 28, 2013

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I got this book for my boyfriend who grew up in Salisbury and ended up reading it myself. Interesting read.

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Three Stars

August 14, 2014

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Very good book, but difficult read

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Henry E. Jackson

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April 6, 2015

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It more than met my expectations. Several persons conducting workshops, etc. have commented on this book.

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The writer has bought into a sterotype that's not really historically accurate.

December 5, 2012

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I understand that it is politically correct to damn everyone (not of color, anyway) in the South during Jim Crowe. Unfortunately, this author has bought into that "intellectual" requirement. If you can get by the p.c. "loaded" language that unnecessarily colors the solid research and underlying good writing, A Game Called Salisbury is an interesting study of the times.... I just wish the author didn't bend to the mantras of modern historical revisionism.

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Panagiota Freeland

This book is amazing!

November 27, 2018

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From the very beginning, the author sucks you in by explaining the game. It is so sick and awful that kids at that time would reenact lynching mobs.

The research done by the author is impeccable, and the writing is exquisite. I couldn't put this one down.

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