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The Algiers Motel Incident by Hersey, John
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9781421432977
- Book Title
- Algiers Motel Incident
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), African American
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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On the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on a report of gunfire, officers rounded up the occupants of the motel's annex'several black men and two white women'and proceeded to beat them and repeatedly threaten to kill them. By the end of the night, three of the ......
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421432978
ISBN-13
9781421432977
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038713614
Product Key Features
Book Title
Algiers Motel Incident
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), African American
Publication Year
2019
Genre
History
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F574.D4h4 2019
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
""[ The Algiers Motel Incident ] demonstrates [Hersey's] astonishing talent for eliciting oral history and forensically reconstructing the experiences of people who have endured a major disaster.-á"", [ The Algiers Motel Incident ] demonstrates [Hersey's] astonishing talent for eliciting oral history and forensically reconstructing the experiences of people who have endured a major disaster.
Table of Content
Foreword: Danielle L. McGuire Introduction: John Hersey and the Tragedy of Race Part I: The Odor of a Case July 26-31 1. Do You Hate the Police? 2. A Dangerous Account 3. Too Hot to Handle Part II: Three Cops and Three Days July 23-5 4. The First Day 5. Snake 6. The Second Day 7. An Out-of-Doors Man 8. The Third Day 9. Quiet and Respectable 10. An Alarm of Snipers Part III: Auburey and His Circle 11. The Fork in the Road Part IV: Confession July 31 12. Could You Get My Statement Back? Part V: The Algiers Motel Incident July 25--6 13. The Snipers 14. A Game of Chess 15. Man, They're Going to Shoot 16. How to Attack a Building 17. Everybody Downstairs! 18. Phone Calls 19. Enter and Exit: State Police 20. Conduct Becoming an Officer 21. Up and Down the Line 22. Just in Time to Pray 23. Enter Warrant Officer Thomas 24. Interrogations 25. The Knife Game 26. Skin Show 27. The Death Game 28. The Death Game Played Out 29. Out Part VI: Aftermath July 31 and after 30. A Matter for Investigation 31. First Man in Court 32. First Man in Court 33. Senak's Peninsula 34. These Are Not Little Boys 35. The Law Was Made by People 36. Law and Order for All? 37. Under Indictment 38. A Mother Speaks 39. The Net Is Thrown Again 40. Snipers: The Myth 41. Fuel for the Fire Next Time 42. Harassment? 43. The Paille Appeal 44. A Numbness 45. Conspiracy? 46. Padlocking 47. A Cutting 48. A Winter of Waiting 49. Three Men at Work 50. The Legal Maze 51. Last Words 52. What Is Wrong with the Country?, Introduction: John Hersey and the Tragedy of Race Part I: The Odor of a Case July 26-31 1. Do You Hate the Police? 2. A Dangerous Account 3. Too Hot to Handle Part II: Three Cops and Three Days July 23-5 4. The First Day 5. Snake 6. The Second Day 7. An Out-of-Doors Man 8. The Third Day 9. Quiet and Respectable 10. An Alarm of Snipers Part III: Auburey and His Circle 11. The Fork in the Road Part IV: Confession July 31 12. Could You Get My Statement Back? Part V: The Algiers Motel Incident July 25--6 13. The Snipers 14. A Game of Chess 15. Man, They're Going to Shoot 16. How to Attack a Building 17. Everybody Downstairs! 18. Phone Calls 19. Enter and Exit: State Police 20. Conduct Becoming an Officer 21. Up and Down the Line 22. Just in Time to Pray 23. Enter Warrant Officer Thomas 24. Interrogations 25. The Knife Game 26. Skin Show 27. The Death Game 28. The Death Game Played Out 29. Out Part VI: Aftermath July 31 and after 30. A Matter for Investigation 31. First Man in Court 32. First Man in Court 33. Senak's Peninsula 34. These Are Not Little Boys 35. The Law Was Made by People 36. Law and Order for All? 37. Under Indictment 38. A Mother Speaks 39. The Net Is Thrown Again 40. Snipers: The Myth 41. Fuel for the Fire Next Time 42. Harassment? 43. The Paille Appeal 44. A Numbness 45. Conspiracy? 46. Padlocking 47. A Cutting 48. A Winter of Waiting 49. Three Men at Work 50. The Legal Maze 51. Last Words 52. What Is Wrong With the Country?
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-007942
Dewey Decimal
305.896/073077434
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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