Honor Killing Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case

Name: Honor Killing Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case
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ISBN: 9780143036630

ISBN-10: 0143036637

ISBN-13: 9780143036630

Edition: N/A

Authors: David E. Stannard

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In 1931 Hawaii, Thalia Massie, the aristocratic wife of a naval officer, accused five nonwhite men of gang rape. When the trial ended in a hung jury, Thalias mother arranged for one of the suspects to be murderedan act sanctioned by sympathetic whites as an honor killing. The ensuing murder trial, Clarence Darrows last, enthralled the nation and exposed the shocking realities of a Hawaiian paradise. This is the riveting story behind one of the pivotal scandals of American history.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.46" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.946



Introduction



Nothing but Trouble



Paradise of the Pacific



Something Awful Has Happened



Thalia's Story



Hell's Half Acre



Arrest



Rush to Judgment



Making News



Alibis and Accusations



Taking Sides



Grace and Tommie



On Trial



For the Defense



"Lust-Sodden Beasts"



"The Shame of Honolulu"



A Death in the Islands



Penthouse for a Prison



Tears of Heaven



Grand Jury



Attorney for the Damned



A Copper Miner's Son



Territory of Hawaii v. Fortescue et al.



Dementia Americana



"Everybody Knows I Love You!"



Where Is Kahahawai?



The Unwritten Law



Case Closed



Prelude to Revolution


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index