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100 1  Tresniowski, Alex,|eauthor. 
245 14 The rope :|ba true story of murder, heroism, and the dawn 
       of the NAACP /|cAlex Tresniowski. 
250    First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|b37 INK, Simon & Schuster,|c2021. 
300    xii, 322 pages :|billustration ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski 
       comes a page-turning, remarkable true-crime thriller 
       recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year-old Marie Smith, 
       the dawn of modern criminal detection and the launch of 
       the NAACP. In the tranquil seaside town of Asbury Park, 
       New Jersey, ten-year-old schoolgirl Marie Smith is 
       brutally murdered. Small town officials, unable to find 
       the culprit, call upon the young manager of a New York 
       detective agency for help. It is the detective's first 
       murder case, and now, the specifics of the investigation 
       and daring sting operation that caught the killer is 
       captured in all its rich detail for the first time. 
       Occurring exactly halfway between the end of the Civil War
       in 1865 and the formal beginning of the Civil Rights 
       Movement in 1954, the brutal murder and its highly-covered
       investigation sits at the historic intersection of 
       sweeping national forces-religious extremism, class 
       struggle, the infancy of criminal forensics, and America's
       Jim Crow racial violence. History and true crime collide 
       in this sensational murder mystery featuring characters as
       complex and colorful as those found in the best 
       psychological thrillers-the unconventional truth-seeking 
       detective Ray Schindler; the sinister pedophile Frank 
       Heidemann; the ambitious Asbury Park Sheriff Clarence 
       Hetrick; the mysterious "sting artist," Carl Neumeister; 
       the indomitable crusader Ida Wells; and the victim, Marie 
       Smith, who represented all the innocent and vulnerable 
       children living in turn-of-the-century America. Gripping 
       and powerful, The Rope is an important piece of history 
       that gives a voice to the voiceless and resurrects a long-
       forgotten true crime story that speaks to the very 
       divisions tearing at the nation's fabric today"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
610 20 National Association for the Advancement of Colored 
       People. 
650  0 Murder|zNew Jersey|zAsbury Park|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|zNew Jersey|zAsbury Park|xHistory
       |y20th century. 
650  0 Heroes|zNew Jersey|zAsbury Park|xHistory|y20th century.