The mercy seat : a novel

Author/Creator:

Winthrop, Elizabeth Hartley, 1979- author

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Grove Press, [2018]

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The mercy seat : a novel / Elizabeth H. Winthrop

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Historical fiction

Subjects:

Race discrimination--Fiction
City and town life--Fiction
Race relations--Fiction
Louisiana--History--20th century--Fiction

Description/Summary

Summary:

A complex portrait of a small town in Louisiana in 1943, as seen in the twelve hours before a black teenager's execution for the alleged rape of a white woman --

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

258 pages ; 22 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936744500602486

ISBN:

9780802128188
0802128181

OCLC Number:

1005593822

Barcode:

010002899541