Mississippi Burning

by Kirk Mitchell

Back cover
Mississippi, 1964 - where murder wore a mask and justice was hideously violated

Three young civil rights workers - two whites and a black - were missing. A pair of F.B.I. agents came to find out what happened to them. One agent played by the rules. The other made his own. But it wasn't going to be easy for the law to beat the odds in a seething Southern town where old ways died hard and hate killed savagely...

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction

255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Kirk Mitchell is an author who is known for his time travel, alternate history, historical fiction, and adventure fiction novels. Mitchell has also created several novelizations of movies.He writes under the pseudonym of Joel Norst

Kirk Mitchell served as a deputy sheriff on the Paiute- Shoshone Indian reservations of the desert country that includes Death Valley, and was a SWAT sergeant in southern California, before beginning his career as a full-time writer.

Reviews

[Ardita · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first English book that I read back in 1990. With a dictionary by my side.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that should be required reading. The author tells the story of three young men that are accused of a murder in a small Mississippi town. The details in the story and knowledge of the era in which the story occurs makes the book one that holds powerful implications for today's reader. I made myself relish the book and read just a tiny bit at a time. The book is wonderfully written.

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only remember that the FBI flew in some mobster from New York to intimidate a Klan member that was being held, that guy got him to talk.

[Issy Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sickening, disturbing, and frighteningly truthful. Our horrific past is sure to hunt us all.

[Sheridan Vines · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harrowing yet uplifting story about the FBI trying to take down the local KKK group within a small towns community leaders. Well worth reading and reflecting upon given this brutality still still occurs all over the world

[Kirsten · Rating 1 out of 5]

Es tut sich viel in der kleinen Provinzstadt. Die farbigen Mitbürger sind so eingeschüchtert, dass sie mit den FBI-Agenten kein Wort reden. Tut es doch jemand, wird er schwer bestraft. Der Klan ist aktiv, im Gegensatz zu Anderson und Ward. Die fahren in ihrem heißen Auto durch die Gegend und beobachten. Das ist meistens genug, um eine Reaktion zu provozieren.

Mir war es allerdings nicht genug, um das Buch zu ende zu lesen. Ich fand den passiven Ermittlungstil der beiden langweilig. die Ereignisse, so schrecklich sie auch waren, haben sich nach nur wenigen Kapiteln wiederholt. Das hat mir nicht gereicht, ich habe das Buch abgebrochen.

[Nuno]

Very hard subject but a phenomenal book :)

[Micky Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book what else can I say

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es como leer el guión, supongo.

[Nancy Waggoner · Rating 2 out of 5]

This time and the subject (freedom summer) fascinated me. I hope to read more on both.

[lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

hard to get into and connect with the characters idk. the end was cool though im excited to see the film

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Richard Schwartz]

Great read. Set in my area of the country.

[Eveline80]

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