The Resource The mercy seat, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
The mercy seat, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
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- Summary
- As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit. In a tale taut with tension, events unfold hour by hour from the perspectives of nine people involved. They include Willie himself, who knows what really happened, and his father, desperately trying to reach the town jail to see his son one last time; the prosecuting lawyer, haunted by being forced to seek the death penalty against his convictions, and his wife, who believes Willie to be innocent; the priest who has become a friend to Willie; and a mother whose only son is fighting in the Pacific, bent on befriending her black neighbours in defiance of her husband. In this exceptionally powerful novel, Elizabeth Winthrop explores matters of justice, racism and the death penalty in a fresh, subtle and profoundly affecting way. Her kaleidoscopic narrative allows us to inhabit the lives of her characters and see them for what they are - complex individuals, making fateful choices we might not condone, but can understand
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9781473672505
- Label
- The mercy seat
- Title
- The mercy seat
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
- Subject
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- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States -- Fiction
- Judicial error -- Fiction
- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
- African American prisoners -- Fiction
- Political ethics -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Race discrimination -- Fiction
- Race relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Right and wrong -- Political aspects -- Fiction
- New Iberia (La.) -- Race relations -- Fiction
- City and town life -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit. In a tale taut with tension, events unfold hour by hour from the perspectives of nine people involved. They include Willie himself, who knows what really happened, and his father, desperately trying to reach the town jail to see his son one last time; the prosecuting lawyer, haunted by being forced to seek the death penalty against his convictions, and his wife, who believes Willie to be innocent; the priest who has become a friend to Willie; and a mother whose only son is fighting in the Pacific, bent on befriending her black neighbours in defiance of her husband. In this exceptionally powerful novel, Elizabeth Winthrop explores matters of justice, racism and the death penalty in a fresh, subtle and profoundly affecting way. Her kaleidoscopic narrative allows us to inhabit the lives of her characters and see them for what they are - complex individuals, making fateful choices we might not condone, but can understand
- Cataloging source
- APLS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winthrop, Elizabeth Hartley
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Race discrimination
- City and town life
- Death row inmates
- Discrimination in capital punishment
- Right and wrong
- African American prisoners
- Judicial error
- Race relations
- Discrimination in capital punishment
- Right and wrong
- Political ethics
- Louisiana
- Louisiana
- New Iberia (La.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The mercy seat, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062220361
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9781473672505
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002115838
- Label
- The mercy seat, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062220361
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9781473672505
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002115838
Subject
- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States -- Fiction
- Judicial error -- Fiction
- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
- African American prisoners -- Fiction
- Political ethics -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Race discrimination -- Fiction
- Race relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Right and wrong -- Political aspects -- Fiction
- New Iberia (La.) -- Race relations -- Fiction
- City and town life -- Fiction
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