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HONOR KILLING
by David E. Stannard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670033995
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033997
- Seller
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NEWARK, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking, 2005. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st.. HOW THE INFAMOUS "MASSIE AFFAIR" TRANSFORMED HAWAI'I. Seller's image, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 1 lb. 12.7 oz . ORIGINAL!! Has Dust Jacket with ONE LABEL AND MYLAR COVER, Sale label on mylar cover. Has NO wear, hinges are good, Owner markings noted in form of a library card pocket on Last End Page (NO Check-out marks)! See Picture! The Copyright date is 2005 for this 2005 printing. This volume was purchased at Local Public Auction. Probably never read. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
In the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of racial and sexual hysteria, but the case against the suspects was scant and the trial ended in a hung jury. Outraged, Thalia’s socialite mother arranged the kidnapping and murder of one of the suspects. In the spectacularly publicized trial that followed, Clarence Darrow came to Hawai’i to defend Thalia’s mother, a sorry epitaph to a noble career. It is one of the most sensational criminal cases in American History, Stannard has rendered more than a lurid tale. One hundred and fifty years of oppression came to a head in those sweltering courtrooms. In the face of overwhelming intimidation from a cabal of corrupt military leaders and businessmen, various people involved with the case—the judge, the defense team, the jurors, a newspaper editor, and the accused themselves—refused to be cowed. Their moral courage united the disparate elements of the non-white community and galvanized Hawai’i’s rapid transformation from an oppressive white-run oligarchy to the harmonic, multicultural American state it became. Honor Killing is a great true crime story worthy of Dominick Dunne—both a sensational read and an important work of social history
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- Seller
- Sunset Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 027613
- Title
- HONOR KILLING
- Author
- David E. Stannard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st.
- ISBN 10
- 0670033995
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033997
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2005
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