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      A Bright Tragic Thing: A Tale of Civil War Texas

      by L.D. Clark
      Published
      Jan 1992
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      304
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      This Civil War novel recreates the lynching of more than 40 Union men by Confederate extremists, an incident known to history as the "Great hanging at Gainesville, TX." The narrator recounts the time of his early manhood when he strove to save his father's life from mob justice and the hangman's noose.

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      Jul 1996 Cinco Puntos Press ISBN13 9780938317173 ISBN10 0938317172
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      Jan 1992 Cinco Puntos Press ISBN13 9780938317180 ISBN10 0938317180
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