{"product_id":"beneath-a-ruthless-sun-a-true-story-of-violence-race-and-justice-lost-and-found-9780399183423","title":"Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compelling, insightful and important, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeneath a Ruthless Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read.\" --Bryan Stevenson, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevil in the Grove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the gripping true story of a small town with a big secret.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a \"husky Negro\" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. \u003cbr\u003eBut crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence begin to surface. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeneath a Ruthless Sun\u003c\/i\u003e tells a powerful, page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399183423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Gilbert King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637038477468,"sku":"9780399183423","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dca5df55-360b-4b2f-ac68-c18894d1d53a.jpg?v=1603843716","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beneath-a-ruthless-sun-a-true-story-of-violence-race-and-justice-lost-and-found-9780399183423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}