| International Standard Book Number |
9781984878816
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781984878823
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| Personal Name |
Collins, Lauren (Journalist) author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016030077
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| Title Statement |
They stole a city : Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy / Lauren Collins.
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| Imprint |
©2026
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| Imprint |
New York : Penguin Press, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
1 online resource
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The Howes arise -- Those pestiferous Moores -- The Bellamys build -- The Halseys enter the record -- Breakaway -- Deliver us from evil -- Closer to freedom -- Alderman Howe -- A community of interest -- I.O.U. Waddell -- You won't put me off -- Retribution in history -- An unsafe condition -- White violets for evening toques -- White men and white metal -- White heat -- Choke the Cape Fear River -- Rule or die -- Mother's tattered shawl -- In terrorem -- Omelets -- Flaming mutilations -- A permanent memorial -- Cuffs -- A child's box of letters -- The herb that flourisheth -- Mrs. Halsey -- Visible work -- I want it all exactly -- Fleas in a jar -- Very pertinent facts -- The greatest school under the sun -- Why it was the worst -- A nest of coiled snakes -- Do not call our bluff -- Jr. Babylon -- The happiest damn police chief -- Isn't this beautiful? -- They blasted my shop -- Prisoners of conscience -- Our legacies of perseverance -- Dangerous memories -- Groundbreaking -- Return to Live Oaks -- Pardons of innocence -- A matter which has been settled -- Momosas -- Unraveling -- Alexander Manly Park -- Woooooooo! -- The gun -- Never forgotten -- The invoice -- You know the way.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, NC, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects of the 1898 white supremacist massacre and coup and its critical role in subverting American democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
White supremacy movements North Carolina Wilmington History 19th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Civil rights North Carolina Wilmington History 19th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Collective memory United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012003433
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Coups d'état North Carolina Wilmington History 19th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Wilmington (N.C.) Biography
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Wilmington (N.C.) Race relations
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies
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