Tina Roberts
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In the Pines
- A Lynching, a Lie, a Reckoning
- By: Grace Elizabeth Hale, John Grisham - foreword
- Narrated by: Nicole Swanson, Matt Godfrey
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 22
Grace Hale was home from college when she first heard the family legend. In 1947, while her beloved grandfather had been serving as a sheriff in the Piney Woods of south-central Mississippi, he prevented a lynch mob from killing a Black man who was in his jail on suspicion of raping a white woman—only for the suspect to die the next day during an escape attempt. It was a tale straight out of To Kill a Mockingbird, with her grandfather as the tragic hero. This story, however, hid a dark truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched and well written
- By Stacey Hettes on 01-17-25
- In the Pines
- A Lynching, a Lie, a Reckoning
- By: Grace Elizabeth Hale, John Grisham - foreword
- Narrated by: Nicole Swanson, Matt Godfrey
Difficult truth
Reviewed: 03-24-24
Family stories, factual history and story telling speculation woven together very well. This puts so much not to distant history into perspective relative to modern times.
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