Goat Castle

Download or read book Goat Castle written by Karen L. Cox and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery—known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman"—enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their goats and other livestock, which prompted journalists to call the estate "Goat Castle." Pearls was killed by an Arkansas policeman in an unrelated incident before he could face trial. However, as was all too typical in the Jim Crow South, the white community demanded "justice," and an innocent black woman named Emily Burns was ultimately sent to prison for the murder of Merrill. Dana and Dockery not only avoided punishment but also lived to profit from the notoriety of the murder by opening their derelict home to tourists. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice.

Download or read book The Goat Castle Murder written by Michael Llewellyn and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novelization of the true case of the shooting of spinster recluse Jennie Surget Merrill in 1932 in Natchez, Mississippi.

Download or read book The Castle on Hester Street written by Linda Heller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie's grandmother deflates many of her husband's tall tales about their journey from Russia to America and their life on Hester Street.

Download or read book Go to Bed, Goat written by Michael Dahl and published by Capstone Editions. This book was released on 2020 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's time for bed, but Goat isn't tired. Thankfully, he can get his sillies out during his bedtime routine, leaving him ready for bed in the end"--

Download or read book The Goat Cafe written by Francesca Simon and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goats eat EVERYTHING! Especially when a garden gate is left open and a feast awaits. Not content with strawberries, lemons and beans they continue to munch until all the plants, the shed and the garden gnomes have been devoured. And then . . . off to the next cafe!

Download or read book Nanny Goat's Boat written by Jane Belk Moncure and published by Child's World. This book was released on 1988-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanny goat gets a sore throat when she falls in the water when her boat does not float, but her friends help her recover.

Download or read book Lost Plantations of the South written by Marc R. Matrana and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home. From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama's Forks of Cypress, to those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost mansions. Including plantations throughout the South as well as border states, Matrana carefully tracks the histories of each from the earliest days of construction to the often contentious struggles to preserve these irreplaceable historic treasures. Lost Plantations of the South explores the root causes of demise and provides understanding and insight on how lessons learned in these sad losses can help prevent future preservation crises. Capturing the voices of masters and mistresses alongside those of slaves, and featuring more than one hundred elegant archival illustrations, this book explores the powerful and complex histories of these cardinal homes across the South.