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...saga was a national sensation, laced with anti-Semitism, demagoguery and racism. Oney's account, backed by 17 years of research, is the most comprehensive and detailed yet. The book teems with fresh information, notably about the identities and later careers of the lynchers. The most poignant of its gallery of portraits is of anguished lawyer William Smith, whose black, lowlife client was Frank's chief accuser but who, Smith decided, was probably the murderer. If, in its exhaustive thoroughness, Oney's narrative meanders, it does so like a vast river: cumulatively it moves with a steady, somber power...
...more like his best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars--is in for a rough surprise. If much of the story of the solitary "visionary," as he calls Ann, updates the classic witch trials of old and echoes the trajectory of every messiah, it could also be read as an account of what happens to those visionaries called celebrated novelists, surrounded by flunkies, groupies and flakes...
Your article began with an account of a busy parent trying to get a quick but healthy meal to the table. Then you told us everything that was wrong with it. Where was the list of fast, healthy and child-friendly dishes that we can throw on the table after the bruising day at the office and the hair-raising commute? Beth Tiggelaar Grapevine, Texas...
Money-losing firms in the S&P are once again outperforming their moneymaking peers, up 65% vs. 26% so far this year. Fiber-optic-components maker JDS Uniphase, for instance has not turned a profit since 1996, although it did help devastate many a retirement account. Yet shares of JDS have climbed 54% this year...
...Malaysian Farewell Your account of the mixed legacy of Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as he steps down after 22 years in power was an informative report on the country's changes under his leadership [Oct. 20]. Despite all the criticisms leveled against him, it is undeniable that Mahathir truly put Malaysia on the world map. I can still remember when my parents, while traveling abroad, would have had a hard time explaining that Malaysia was located north of Singapore and south of Thailand. Those days are over. Despite Mahathir's sometimes controversial remarks about certain ethnic groups...