{"product_id":"coatesville-and-the-lynching-of-dennis-downey-9781609492809","title":"Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A compelling narrative that moves crisply through the murder, the lynching, and the cover-up by silence that local residents thereafter affected.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. More than 100 years after the lynching, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Downey,Raymond M. Hyser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609492803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609492809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.41d","brand":"Dennis Downey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518975160575,"sku":"9781609492809","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92afd6dd-bb84-4a3f-9cad-a9d3d76d7136.jpg?v=1778736365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coatesville-and-the-lynching-of-dennis-downey-9781609492809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}