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  • Under a Full Moon

  • The Last Lynching in Kansas
  • By: Alice Kay Hill
  • Narrated by: Jill Fair
  • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Under a Full Moon

By: Alice Kay Hill
Narrated by: Jill Fair
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Under a Full Moon: The Last Lynching in Kansas tells of the tragic abduction and death of an eight-year-old girl at the hands of a repeat offender in 1932. This crime stands apart as the last mob lynching in Kansas. Based on true events, this account takes a deep dive into the psycho-social complexities of pioneer times and their impact on this particular crime and the justice meted out to the perpetrator.

Beginning in the year 1881, and written in a chronological narrative non-fiction format, author Alice Kay Hill, vividly weaves the stories of the victims and the families involved. She reveals how mental and physical abuse, social isolation, privations of homesteading, strong dreams and even stronger personalities all factored into the criminal and his crimes.

Spanning the years of settlement to the beginnings of the Dust Bowl, historic events are lived as daily news by the seven families whose lives become intertwined. Historically accurate and written with an intimate knowledge of the area, Under a Full Moon is as personal as a family diary, as vivid as a photo album found in an attic trunk, and will remain with the listener long after the book is closed.

©2020 Alice Kay Hill (P)2020 WildBlue Press
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I just finished this, now I'm starting
again. I grew up in very rural Kansas, this book fascinates for its Little House story of homesteading.
Then the story of the lynching - turns out it is a minor thread- fine with me. Great details:
how to build a soddy, dig a cool water safe, plant a garden that saves lives in Winter, way too many child births,
living with creatures, great and small,
wild water cress. It's not a mystery
but so very good.

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