Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Nordan's fourth book - a novel set in the South in the 1950s - one that follows the "crooked paths of righteous racism" (although not a retelling of the story of Emmett Till, this novel had its roots in Nordan's memories of the trial - in a neighboring town in the Mississippi Delta - of 2 white men for Till's murder.) 290 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-0280.