Legacy of violence
Subtitle: lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota
By: John D. Bessler.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Lynching -- Minnesota -- History.; Capital punishment -- Minnesota -- History.; Executions and executioners -- Minnesota -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lynch mobs and public hangings; title: On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging; title: The execution of Ann Bilansky; title: The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences; title: The "midnight assassination law"; title: The botched hanging of William Williams; title: The abolition of capital punishment; title: A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.