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Word: mccurtain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

...colored boy named Sonny Clark is hunted down and lynched for a rape he did not commit. More elaborately, it is an account of the behavior of Southern whites during such a man hunt. In particular, it is a tragicomic study of the plight of 300-pound Jeff McCurtain, sheriff of Julie County, Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lynching Comedy | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

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