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Editor and investigative reporter Jefferson Morley has been widely published in national periodicals and is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction work Our Man in Mexico. An eye-opening look at Washington’s first race riot, Snow-Storm in August also offers revealing profiles of Arthur Bowen, the slave blamed for the riot, and “Star Spangled Banner” lyricist Francis Scott Key, a defender of slavery who sought capital punishment for Bowen.
©2012 Jefferson Morley (P)2012 Recorded Books

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  • BDHumbert
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  • 08-27-18

An interesting

Book that covers a lot of ground but seems a bit unfocused. Enjoyable and learned a lot