New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the trial and hanging of Nathaniel Gordon in New York in 1862 for trading in slaves - the only man in American history who was convicted of this crime. While slave trading had been a hanging offense for more than 40 years, he had no reason to fear hanging as it had never been enforced, but with the beginning of the Civil War, public opinion was changing. Illustrated with photographs. Notes and sources, bibliography, index. 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0743267274.