He calls me by lightning : the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty
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Bass, S. Jonathan,
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.8 BASS 2017
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LC Subjects
African American prisoners -- Alabama -- Biography.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History.
Biographies.
Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History.
Washington, Caliph, -- 1939-2001.

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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-385) and index.
Description
"... reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bass, S. J. (2017). He calls me by lightning: the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bass, S. Jonathan. 2017. He Calls Me By Lightning: The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bass, S. Jonathan. He Calls Me By Lightning: The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bass, S. Jonathan. He Calls Me By Lightning: The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.

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