A shot in the moonlight: how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780316535540, 0316535540
Physical Desc:
xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status:
Pitkin County Library
976.9735 M787
Description
A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Pitkin County Library
976.9735 M787
On Shelf
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Basalt Non Fiction
976.904 MON
On Shelf
Apr 2, 2021
EPL Non-Fiction
976.9 MONTGOMERY, BEN
On Shelf
Oct 22, 2021
EVLD Avon Public Library
976.904 MON
On Shelf
EVLD Eagle Public Library
976.904 MON
On Shelf
Aug 2, 2021
GCP Rifle Non Fiction
976.904 MON
On Shelf
Jul 19, 2021
MCPLD Central Non-Fiction
976.9 M787s
On Shelf
Aug 21, 2021
SRL Adult Nonfiction
976.9 MON
On Shelf
Jul 22, 2023
Vail Public Library Non Fic & Classics
976.9 MON
On Shelf
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Kentucky -- Simpson County.
African Americans.
Dinning, George, -- approximately 1857-1930.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
Kentucky.
Trials -- Kentucky -- Simpson County -- History.
Trials.
Young, Bennett H. -- (Bennett Henderson), -- 1843-1919.
African Americans.
Dinning, George, -- approximately 1857-1930.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
Kentucky.
Trials -- Kentucky -- Simpson County -- History.
Trials.
Young, Bennett H. -- (Bennett Henderson), -- 1843-1919.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
More Details
Language:
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
Description
A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Montgomery, B. (2021). A shot in the moonlight: how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south. First edition. New York, Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben. 2021. A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. New York, Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben, A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. New York, Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben. A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. First edition. New York, Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
806b733c-f884-0662-d626-22bd3024b039
Record Information
| Last Sierra Extract Time | Sep 09, 2024 03:33:50 PM |
|---|---|
| Last File Modification Time | Sep 09, 2024 03:34:13 PM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 09, 2024 03:33:58 PM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 06339cam a2200985Ii 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1153635279 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20220210041249.0 | ||
| 008 | 200510s2021 nyua b 001 0deng d | ||
| 010 | |a 2020947505 | ||
| 015 | |a GBC104058 |2 bnb | ||
| 016 | 7 | |a 020079949 |2 Uk | |
| 019 | |a 1235847787 |a 1237828025 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780316535540 |q (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | |a 0316535540 |q (hardcover) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1153635279 |z (OCoLC)1235847787 |z (OCoLC)1237828025 | ||
| 040 | |a YDX |b eng |e rda |c YDX |d BDX |d LIV |d OCLCO |d IG$ |d JTD |d GO4 |d OJ4 |d TCH |d UKMGB |d OCLCF |d UAP |d OCLCO |d ILC |d INR |d OCL |d TXSCH |d HCO |d OCLCA |d OCLCO |d OCLCA |d OCL |d HFU | ||
| 043 | |a n-us-ky | ||
| 049 | |a HFUA | ||
| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a F456 |b .M66 2021 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 976.9/04 |2 23 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 976.9735 |2 23 |
| 092 | |a 976.9735 |b M787 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Montgomery, Ben, |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013058052 |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A shot in the moonlight : |b how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south / |c Ben Montgomery. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Little, Brown Spark, |c 2021. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2021 | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 285 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The whites would be bent on revenge -- "That protection which the law refuses to give" -- "They treated him more than bad and myself all so" -- "The people say that Dinning was a worthless Negro" -- "We turned and shot back at the house" -- To defend ourselves -- "There was a good many holes" -- "A bullet came through my hair" -- Son of the South -- A bad man -- "The praiseworthy act of killing" -- "May the Lord protect us, or the Devil take us" -- "I will never come back to Kentucky" -- Indiana -- "Mass of blood and bones" -- The true situation -- "A Negro's life is a very cheap thing" -- Derby Day -- "There was a great rejoicing in Hell this morning" -- "The outcome was regarded as sensational" -- Squat and fire -- "I want to die in the old blue grass" -- "Some of this falls down to us". | |
| 520 | |a A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Dinning, George, |d approximately 1857-1930. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021149856 |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Young, Bennett H. |q (Bennett Henderson), |d 1843-1919. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79075568 |
| 600 | 1 | 7 | |a Young, Bennett H. |q (Bennett Henderson), |d 1843-1919. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00038809 |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |x Crimes against |x History |z Kentucky |z Simpson County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Trials |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137328 |z Kentucky |z Simpson County |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83205377-781 |x History. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Freed persons |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051692 |z Kentucky. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018583-781 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY / African American. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a African Americans |x Crimes against. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00799595 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Freedmen. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00933987 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Race relations. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Trials. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01156290 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001932 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Trials. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137328 | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Kentucky |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018583 |x Race relations |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552 |x History. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Kentucky |z Simpson County. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01226296 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Kentucky. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01204494 | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Kentucky. |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018583 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a History. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft |0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 | |
| 907 | |a .b62855839 | ||
| 948 | |a MARCIVE Overnight, in 2023.02 | ||
| 948 | |a MARCIVE Over, 03/2022 | ||
| 948 | |a MARCIVE Over, 06/2021 | ||
| 948 | |a MARCIVE Over, 03/2021 | ||
| 989 | |1 .i135223210 |b 3482600228124 |d srnf |g - |m |h 7 |x 3 |t 0 |i 1 |j 18 |k 210128 |n 07-22-2023 15:52 |o - |a 976.9 MON | ||
| 989 | |1 .i135592367 |b 1090061666624 |d mpmnf |g - |m |h 4 |x 0 |t 0 |i 2 |j 7 |k 210205 |n 08-21-2021 15:22 |o - |a 976.9 |r M787s | ||
| 989 | |1 .i135602804 |b 1060007357633 |d eve |g - |m |h 3 |x 0 |t 0 |i 1 |j 70 |k 210205 |n 08-02-2021 17:52 |o - |a 976.904 |r MON | ||
| 989 | |1 .i136374888 |b 31526080376129 |d epnf |g - |m |h 3 |x 0 |t 0 |i 2 |j 2 |k 210211 |n 10-22-2021 21:38 |o - |a 976.9 |r MONTGOMERY, BEN | ||
| 989 | |1 .i136501916 |b 1440003011070 |d banf |g - |m |h 1 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 70 |k 210223 |n 04-02-2021 17:30 |o - |a 976.904 |r MON | ||
| 989 | |1 .i136595492 |b 1160002957192 |d vlnf |g - |m |h 0 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 70 |k 210302 |o - |a 976.9 |r MON | ||
| 989 | |1 .i137635382 |b 1220006712384 |d gcrnf |g - |m |h 2 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 70 |k 210505 |n 07-19-2021 20:43 |o - |a 976.904 |r MON | ||
| 989 | |1 .i141999482 |b 1130004006973 |d pc |g - |m |h 0 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 2 |k 220210 |o - |a 976.9735 |r M787 | ||
| 989 | |1 .i144103539 |b 1060007729233 |d eva |g - |m |h 0 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 70 |k 220929 |o - |a 976.904 |r MON | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b HFU | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2023.02 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2022.03 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.b in 2022.02 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2021.06 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with Marquis via m2btab.ing by garco on 2021.05.05 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2021.03 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.b in 2021.02 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.msc in 2021.02 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.auth in 2021.03 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.click in 2021.04 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.auth in 2021.06 | ||
| 995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.click in 2022.09 | ||
| 998 | |e - |f eng |a ba |a ep |a ev |a eva |a eve |a gc |a gcr |a mp |a mpm |a pc |a sr |a vl | ||