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THE HAND OF THE WICKED
Here's what William C. "Jack" Davis says about
"The Hand of the Wicked":
"Even as the closing shots of the Civil War still echoed, a senseless and brutal act took place in Georgia. The Hand of the Wicked is a fascinating look at one poor black woman's death, the mixed motives behind it, and the winding and incomplete course of justice that followed. The war disrupted almost every aspect of Southern society, and in the vacuum left by the breakdown of laws and courts, wicked hands did many things that went unpunished or only partially resolved. This one woman's personal tragedy is a metaphor for the turmoil of a whole region and its people, black and white, as America struggled to come back together."
"The Hand of the Wicked":
"Even as the closing shots of the Civil War still echoed, a senseless and brutal act took place in Georgia. The Hand of the Wicked is a fascinating look at one poor black woman's death, the mixed motives behind it, and the winding and incomplete course of justice that followed. The war disrupted almost every aspect of Southern society, and in the vacuum left by the breakdown of laws and courts, wicked hands did many things that went unpunished or only partially resolved. This one woman's personal tragedy is a metaphor for the turmoil of a whole region and its people, black and white, as America struggled to come back together."
