Beck joseph madison (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A memoir about the authors father, whose courageous defence of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Large Print. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. dj. 1st Edition. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear.

library. Zustand: Good.

Paper Back. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. pp. 208.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 218 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. . . 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As a child, Joe Beck heard about his father's legacy: Foster Beck had once been a respected trial lawyer who defied the unspoken code of 1930s Alabama by defending a black man charged with raping a white woman. A lawyer himself, Beck became intrigued by the similarities between his father's story and Harper Lee's iconic novel.Beck reconstructs his father's role in the 1938 trial-much publicised when Harper Lee was twelve years old-in which the examining doctor testified before a hostile courtroom that there was no evidence of intercourse or violence. Nevertheless, the all-white jury voted to convict. This riveting memoir explores how race, class and the memory of the American South's defeat in the Civil War produced the trial's outcome and how these issues compare with the American literary imagination.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - My Father and Atticus Finch is the true story of Foster Beck, the author's late father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama foreshadowed the trial at the heart of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. After repeatedly being told that his father's case 'might have' inspired Ms. Lee, author Beck, now a lawyer himself, located the trial transcript and multiple newspaper articles and here reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama v. Charles White, Alias.On the day of the arrest, the local newspaper reported, under a page-one headline, that 'a wandering negro fortune teller giving the name Charles White' had 'volunteered a detailed confession of the attack' of a local white girl. However, Foster Beck concluded that the confession was coerced. The same article claimed that 'the negro accomplished his dastardly purpose,' but as in To Kill a Mockingbird, there was stunning and dramatic testimony at the trial to the contrary.The saga captivated the community with its dramatic testimonies and emotional outcome. This riveting memoir, steeped in time and place, seeks to understand how race relations, class, and the memory of southern defeat in the Civil War produced such a haunting distortion of justice and how it may figure into our literary imagination.…