Cloth bound book with pasted print of woman and flowers on cover. Very poor binding condition. Inscription on first page "Bossie a cow of the Murray Family died Jan 20th 1910"
In 1901, Missouri born author Mark Twain wrote an essay titled "The United States of Lyncherdom" in response to the Pierce City lynchings. He had intended the essay for publication, but decided it was too politically sensitive. The essay was finally…