{"product_id":"the-thirteenth-turn-a-history-of-the-noose-9781610391368","title":"The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of a rope  a symbol  and rough justice in America.  The hangmans knot is a simple thing to tie  just a rope carefully coiled around itself up to thirteen times. But in those thirteen turns lie a powerful symbol  one that is all too deeply connected to Americas past -- and present.  The last man to be hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey  who was executed in Delaware in 1996 for committing a double murder. Even today  hanging is still legal  in certain situations  in New Hampshire and Washington. And the noose remains a potent cultural symbol. An incident in Jena  Louisiana  in 2006  in which nooses were used to menace black students  made national news. Yet little has changed: according to author Jack Shuler  there have been nearly 100 \"noose incidents\" just in the last two years.  The Thirteenth Turn unravels these stories  from Judas Iscariot  perhaps the most infamous hanged man  to the killing of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock  the murderers at the heart of Truman Capotes In Cold Blood  and beyond. In his travels across America  Shuler traces the evolution of this dark practice. As he investigates the death of John Brown  or the 1930 lynching that inspired the song \"Strange Fruit \" he finds that the very places that perpetrated these acts now seek to forget them.  Shulers account is a kind of shadow history of America: a reminder that vigilantes and hangmen play a crucial role in our national story. The Thirteenth Turn is a courageous and searching book that reminds us where we come from  and what is lost if we forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647896969269,"sku":"ByrdShop_1610391365","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781610391368.jpg?v=1781699405","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-thirteenth-turn-a-history-of-the-noose-9781610391368","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}