The Past Is Never Dead
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- Synopsis
- Attorney MacLean narrates the course of the 2007 trial of James Ford Seale for the 1964 murder of two young Black men, Charles Moore and Henry Dee. This is the core theme of a book that is really about MacLean's discovery of Mississippi. Early on he mentions the recent films about the Civil Rights movement and how they reinforce the image most Americans have of the state as backward, racist and totally unreconstructed. Through interviews with a wide variety of people, usually on the subject of the trial or of what they remember of the climate of the 1960s, MacLean tries to give a more nuanced view of the diversity of people and opinions across Mississippi. But he also states that the violent racial past of Mississippi can't be glossed over. His many Faulkner references underscore this. MacLean's writing style is that of a front-porch story teller mesmerizing his audience as the light fades. The story is of the trial as an attempt at redemption for Mississippi, but also as a pilgrim's progress in which each citizen is at a different stage in the journey. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780465019960
- Publisher:
- Perseus
- Date of Addition:
- 09/13/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Harry N. Maclean
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.