{"product_id":"2940015598698","title":"The Locusts of Padgett County","description":"Andrew Beauchamp, a criminal prosecutor in the Deep South\u003cbr\u003eduring the early 1900s, prepares to prosecute Tobias Erscan for\u003cbr\u003ea capital crime. Erscan, a black tenant farmer, stands accused\u003cbr\u003eof sexually assaulting Lily Cato, a highly- respected white music\u003cbr\u003eteacher and choir director. The town’s animosity toward Erscan,\u003cbr\u003efurther inflamed by a local newspaper and the Ku Klux Klan,\u003cbr\u003emakes its way into Beauchamp’s own home and law office.\u003cbr\u003eDespite his vague unease in treating the case as one warranting\u003cbr\u003ethe death penalty (the ‘assault’ had consisted of briefly touching\u003cbr\u003ethe supposed victim on the shoulder), Beauchamp, who appears\u003cbr\u003eto be mostly concerned with obeying the letter of the law and\u003cbr\u003ehis standing in the coming elections, refuses to plea bargain\u003cbr\u003ethe charge down to a lesser crime. Instead, he pushes ahead,\u003cbr\u003epreferring to let the law and the jury sort the matter out. In\u003cbr\u003edoing so, he fails to anticipate the devastating consequences his\u003cbr\u003eaction will have on the unfortunate Erscan and on his own life.","brand":"Alondra Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174808273136,"sku":"2940015598698","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015598698_p0.jpg?v=1763622257","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015598698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}