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The Color of Night: Race, Railroaders, and Murder in the Wartime West
Max Geier
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Description for The Color of Night: Race, Railroaders, and Murder in the Wartime West
Paperback. "The Color of Night" will appeal to true crime aficionados, and to anyone interested in the history of race and labor relations, working conditions, community priorities, and attitudes toward the death penalty in the first half of the 20th century." Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
On an unusually cold January night in 1943, Martha James was murdered on a train in rural Oregon, near the Willamette Valley town of Albany. She was white, southern, and newly-married to a Navy pilot. Despite inconsistent and contradictory eyewitness accounts, a young black cook by the name of Robert Folkes, a trainman from South Central Los Angeles, was charged with the crime. The ensuing investigation and sensational murder trial captured national attention during a period of intense wartime fervor and extensive black domestic migration. Folkes’s trial and controversial conviction—resulting in his execution by the state of Oregon—reshaped how Oregonians ... Read more
On an unusually cold January night in 1943, Martha James was murdered on a train in rural Oregon, near the Willamette Valley town of Albany. She was white, southern, and newly-married to a Navy pilot. Despite inconsistent and contradictory eyewitness accounts, a young black cook by the name of Robert Folkes, a trainman from South Central Los Angeles, was charged with the crime. The ensuing investigation and sensational murder trial captured national attention during a period of intense wartime fervor and extensive black domestic migration. Folkes’s trial and controversial conviction—resulting in his execution by the state of Oregon—reshaped how Oregonians ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870718205
SKU
V9780870718205
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About Max Geier
Max G. Geier is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Western Oregon University, USA, specializing in 19th and 20th century history with a focus on community development in the western U.S. and Canada. A native of rural Minnesota, USA, he lived and worked for many years near downtown Los Angeles, where much of his book is set. He has written two ... Read more
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