Up In Flames: The Torching Of East St. Louis 1917, Based On A True Story

Bailey, D. S.

ISBN 10: 0976141043 / ISBN 13: 9780976141044

Published by Voices Books & Pub, St. Louis, Mo, 2004

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186 Pgs. Dedication From Author; Corner Crease; No Marks; Historical Fiction Based On Race Riot, E.St. Louis, Il 1917. Rare.

Seller Inventory # 035056

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Up In Flames: The Torching Of East St. Louis 1917, Based On A True Story
• Publisher: Voices Books & Pub, St. Louis, Mo
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976141043
• ISBN 13: 9780976141044
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Local History
  • Literature, Fiction, Classics

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Synopsis

UP IN FLAMES is a fictional story surrounding the actual race riots that occured in East St. Louis on July 2, 1917. Bands of angry white men, women and children, lynched, burned and shot Black people, holding the south-end of town under siege. The documented total that were killed were nine whites and thirty-nine Blacks. Recently released reports state the totals were ten times that amount. The nights and days following, scores of Blacks crossed bridges that led into St. Louis, Missouri. Most would never return. East St. Louis, as it is known today, never fully recovered.