Maryanne Vollers

Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De LA Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South (1984)

Thoroughly researched and engaging book about Medgar Evers and his killer, Byron de la Beckwith. We start off learning about Beckwith's background, interwoven with chapters about Evers, his brother, wife, and children, and the night he was killed. Beckwith, also called "Delay" was tried twice i...