Goat Castle

Author : Karen L. Cox
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469635046
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goat Castle written by Karen L. Cox and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery—known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman"—enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their goats and other livestock, which prompted journalists to call the estate "Goat Castle." Pearls was killed by an Arkansas policeman in an unrelated incident before he could face trial. However, as was all too typical in the Jim Crow South, the white community demanded "justice," and an innocent black woman named Emily Burns was ultimately sent to prison for the murder of Merrill. Dana and Dockery not only avoided punishment but also lived to profit from the notoriety of the murder by opening their derelict home to tourists. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.

Author : Michael Llewellyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621341505
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goat Castle Murder written by Michael Llewellyn and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novelization of the true case of the shooting of spinster recluse Jennie Surget Merrill in 1932 in Natchez, Mississippi.

Author : Linda Heller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689874340
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Castle on Hester Street written by Linda Heller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie's grandmother deflates many of her husband's tall tales about their journey from Russia to America and their life on Hester Street.

Author : Karen L. Cox
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063892
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dixie's Daughters written by Karen L. Cox and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal’s Five Best Books on the Confederates’ Lost Cause Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize Even without the right to vote, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have enormous social and political influence throughout the South—all in the name of preserving Confederate culture. Karen Cox traces the history of the UDC, an organization founded in 1894 to vindicate the Confederate generation and honor the Lost Cause. In this edition, with a new preface, Cox acknowledges the deadly riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, showing why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure. The Daughters, as UDC members were popularly known, were daughters of the Confederate generation. While southern women had long been leaders in efforts to memorialize the Confederacy, UDC members made the Lost Cause a movement about vindication as well as memorialization. They erected monuments, monitored history for "truthfulness," and sought to educate coming generations of white southerners about an idyllic past and a just cause—states' rights. Soldiers' and widows' homes, perpetuation of the mythology of the antebellum South, and pro-southern textbooks in the region's white public schools were all integral to their mission of creating the New South in the image of the Old. UDC members aspired to transform military defeat into a political and cultural victory, in which states' rights and white supremacy remained intact. To the extent they were successful, the Daughters helped to preserve and perpetuate an agenda for the New South that included maintaining the social status quo. Placing the organization's activities in the context of the postwar and Progressive-Era South, Cox describes in detail the UDC's origins and early development, its efforts to collect and preserve manuscripts and artifacts and to build monuments, and its later role in the peace movement and World War I. This remarkable history of the organization presents a portrait of two generations of southern women whose efforts helped shape the social and political culture of the New South. It also offers a new historical perspective on the subject of Confederate memory and the role southern women played in its development.

Author : Brock Cole
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466803444
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goats written by Brock Cole and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harmless camp pranks can quickly spiral out of control, but they also provide a perfect opportunity for two social outcasts to overcome and triumph. A boy and a girl are stripped and marooned on a small island for the night. They are the "goats." The kids at camp think it's a great joke, just a harmless old tradition. But the goats don't see it that way. Instead of trying to get back to camp, they decide to call home. But no one can come and get them. So they're on their own, wandering through a small town trying to find clothing, food, and shelter, all while avoiding suspicious adults—especially the police. The boy and the girl find they rather like life on their own. If their parents ever do show up to rescue them, the boy and the girl might be long gone. . . . The Goats is a 1987 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Mem Fox
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442436816
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Count Goats! written by Mem Fox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I can see the airport goats and I can see their cases. But can you count the pilot goats with goggles on their faces? This hilarious count-to-ten book features goats of all shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions—and each spread gives readers a delightful opportunity to count the funny four-legged creatures. Acclaimed author Mem Fox’s renowned humor and infectious rhyme merge with celebrated illustrator Jan Thomas’s bold and brilliant illustrations to make this an instant goat-by-numbers classic.

Author : Dan Richards
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1524773743
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Goat written by Dan Richards and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisted fairy tale about a king and queen who wish for a child of their own . . . and end up with a baby goat. Perfect for readers of Children Make Terrible Pets and Wolfie the Bunny. "A funny and redemptive fairy tale."--The Wall Street Journal Once upon a time, a very prim and proper king and queen begged their fairy godmother for a child. They'd prefer a boy, with glowing skin, bright eyes, and two roses for lips . . . but any kid will do. When they find themselves gifted with a baby goat (also known as a kid) instead, they can't imagine how he'll fit into their lives. But of course, it isn't long before he's part of the royal family. Readers will delight in this story's hilarity, confusion, and celebration of families that come in every shape and size. "A fresh, amusing, kindhearted picture book."--Booklist, Starred review "With its gentle morals of acceptance, not judging by appearances, and being open to outcomes different than expectations, this is a lovely family read-aloud."--Kirkus "The contrast between the royal couple's once-ordered existence and the cheerful mess at book's end is very funny, and the message about acceptance and the expanded definition of family is a bonus."--Horn Book

Author : Nita Luna
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721220694
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francisco - the Littlest Goat written by Nita Luna and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francisco, the Littlest Goat with the Biggest Adventures is a beautifully illustrated book featuring Francisco, the littlest goat and his big imagination. Young readers will enjoy following Francisco down the path and into the woods. Along with his many discoveries on this beautiful fall day, he finds a cave! Come exploring with Francisco as he creates a world of his own. Although he may be small in a big world, he is brave!

Author : Jane Belk Moncure
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781623235673
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nanny Goat's Boat written by Jane Belk Moncure and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanny goat, sick in bed from a boating mishap, is visited by her animal friends with gifts to cheer her, after which she returns the favor by taking them out on her new boat.

Author : Leyland Perree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847507099
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goat That Gloats written by Leyland Perree and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goat loves to gloat. He gloats about his wonderful tower, His magnificent throne, his fabulous boat and his bubble-bath moat. But Goat would really like to share with a friend - if only he could find someone.