1970s Alabama history
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Alabama Attorney General
Alabama true crime
Author_Byron Woodfin
Bill Baxley
Byron Woodfin
car bombing
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cold war
courtroom drama
Crime and justice in the South
crime and punishment
criminal prosecution
domestic terrorism
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Hugh Otis Bynum
Hugh Otis Bynum Jr.
investigative journalism
legal history
Legal thriller nonfiction
New South politics
Political corruption Alabama
political violence
race and power in the South
resilience and survival
Scottsboro bombing
Scottsboro car bombing
Small-town scandal
Southern justice
Southern legal drama
twentieth-century Alabama history
Product details
- ISBN 9780817312848
- Weight: 333g
- Dimensions: 152 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2002
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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On the morning of December 4, 1972, the small north Alabama town of Scottsboro was shaken when a bomb ripped through the car of a prominent attorney. What followed were two years of unyielding investigation resulting in the arrest of the town's wealthiest landowner. The trial that followed pitted Bill Baxley, a young, ambitious Alabama attorney general, against the state's most prominent lawyers. Lay Down with Dogs is the story of a small southern town as it makes the transition from an agrarian hamlet to progressive New South suburbia. It is also the story of a twisted but powerful character, bent on revenge, whose motive was as enigmatic as the man himself. And it is the story of a young prosecutor, willing to risk a promising political future in order to pursue his sense of justice. This book is not only a well-researched account but also a fascinating story of crime, the court, and the many characters brought together at one time and in one place to participate--for good or evil--in an unforgettable drama.
