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245 10 a| Smoke signals from Samarcand :b| the 1931 reform school fire and its aftermath /c| Barbara Bennett.;

264 1 a| Columbia, South Carolina :b| The University of South Carolina Press,c| [2018];

300 a| 121 pages :b| illustrations, facsimile, portraits ;c| 24 cm;

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520 a| "In 1931, sixteen poor white teenage girls at Samarcand Training School for Girls in Moore County, North Carolina, were accused of burning down two buildings in protest against living conditions at the school. They were called incorrigible, troublesome, and vixens by the administration and the press, and they were put on trial for their lives. Their lawyer, who volunteered to defend the girls, was a newly licensed woman named Nell Battle Lewis, known most as a journalist who spoke for the voiceless in society and only the second woman lawyer to try a case in Raleigh. The time leading up to the sensational trial revealed the girls were victims of class, sex, and eugenics. Partly a retelling of the dramatic story and partly a treatise on southern society in the early twentieth century, Smoke signals from Samarcand tells a tale of the benighted South and the victims of that time and place"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Prologue: Fire -- The Samarcand sixteen -- The trial -- Epilogue: Repercussions.;

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Smoke signals from Samarcand : the 1931 reform school fire and its aftermath / Barbara Bennett.

Author/creator	Bennett, Barbara, 1959- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Copyright Date	©2018
Description	121 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects	Lewis, Nell Battle, 1893-1956. State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.)--History. Trials (Arson)--North Carolina. --History. --20th century. Reformatories for women--North Carolina. --History. --20th century. Female juvenile delinquents--North Carolina. --History. --20th century. Poor girls--North Carolina. --Social conditions. --20th century.

Contents	Prologue: Fire -- The Samarcand sixteen -- The trial -- Epilogue: Repercussions.
Abstract	"In 1931, sixteen poor white teenage girls at Samarcand Training School for Girls in Moore County, North Carolina, were accused of burning down two buildings in protest against living conditions at the school. They were called incorrigible, troublesome, and vixens by the administration and the press, and they were put on trial for their lives. Their lawyer, who volunteered to defend the girls, was a newly licensed woman named Nell Battle Lewis, known most as a journalist who spoke for the voiceless in society and only the second woman lawyer to try a case in Raleigh. The time leading up to the sensational trial revealed the girls were victims of class, sex, and eugenics. Partly a retelling of the dramatic story and partly a treatise on southern society in the early twentieth century, Smoke signals from Samarcand tells a tale of the benighted South and the victims of that time and place"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source	Joyner N.C. Coll. item gift of Margaret Bauer 20260126
Issued in other form	Online version: Bennett, Barbara, 1959- Smoke signals from Samarcand. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018] 9781611178616
Genre/form	Dust jackets (Binding)
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017041484
ISBN	9781611178609 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1611178606 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	ebook
ISBN	ebook

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