Down Along With That Devil''s Bones - A Reckoning With Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy

"Originally published in hardcover by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in September 2020"--Title page verso

About the author

Connor Towne O’Neill’s writing has appeared in New York magazine, Vulture, Slate, and elsewhere, and he works as a producer on the NPR podcast White Lies, a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting. He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and teaches at Auburn University and with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. Down Along with That Devil's Bones is his first book.
 

Summary

A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through the U.S. today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville.

Foreword

A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through the U.S. today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville.

Product details

• Authors: Connor Towne O'Neill, Connor Towne O'Neill, Connor Towne O''neill
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2021
• EAN: 9781643752037
• ISBN: 978-1-64375-203-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military