{"product_id":"tainted-breeze-the-great-hanging-at-gainesville-texas-1862-9780807122198","title":"Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Book Prize and a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early morning hours of October 1, 1862, state militia arrested more than two hundred alleged Unionists from five North Texas counties and brought them to Gainesville, the seat of Cooke County. In the ensuing days, at least forty-four of the prisoners were hanged, and several other men were lynched in neighboring communities. This event proved to be the grisly climax of a heritage of violence and vigilantism in North Texas that began before the Civil War and lasted long afterward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil relatively recently, a legacy of silence restricted historical writing on the Great Hanging. In the first systematic treatment of this important event, Richard B. McCaslin also sheds much light on the tensions produced in southern society by the Civil War, the nature of disaffection in the Confederacy, and the American vigilante tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard B. McCaslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.05w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807122198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard B. McCaslin is associate professor of history at High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, and the author of \u003ci\u003ePortraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of the Civil War in South Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e and several forthcoming books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40465506861171,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8f9a6d91-aac1-46bc-8b10-3f7faef84e94.jpg?v=1664026219","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/tainted-breeze-the-great-hanging-at-gainesville-texas-1862-9780807122198","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}