Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Devil in the Grove, Gilbert King

 

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland boys, and the dawn of a new America by Gilbert King

Started: 3/29/2022
Completed: 4/5/2022
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Pulitzer?

Review:

This is a great book, rich in detail.  It is interesting to hear one of the cases that helped define Thurgood Marshall's career.  This particular story is horrible.  That makes sense, because injustice is all about the horrible, but it was interesting to see the environment in which Marshall operated.  The incredible insults in the court room, hanging judges, and a sheriff so corrupt it seems storybook.  While it is hard to imagine a legal adventure story--this is it.

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