So this list has 12 to get you started for national reading month. Npr s brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. Federal and mississippi authorities closed the books on the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers ambushed by a gang of ku klux klan members. In 1985, screenwriter chris gerolmo discovered an article that excerpted a chapter from the book inside hoovers f. Goodreads members who liked mississippi burning also liked. Mississippi burning by kirk mitchell book cover, description, publication history. Greg iles, cemetery road author, talks about latest novel. Tragedy changed greg iles book natchez burning greenville news. Mississippi burning by kirk mitchell fantastic fiction.
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