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Lawyer Games: After Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

In his true-crime debut, Kirkland uses firsthand experience and trial records to tell the story of a Savannah, Georgia, shooting death that spawned a best-selling book and movie.

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

This early reader is an excellent introduction to the March on Washington in 1963 and the important role in the march played by Martin Luther King Jr. Ruffin gives the book a good, dramatic start: “August 28, 1963. It is a hot summer day in Washington, D.C.

Who wrote the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil?

When the author, John Berendt, wrote "The Book" as it is now referred to by residents of Savannah, Georgia, he did what many writers do. He combined fact with fiction. "The Book" turned into the movie entitled, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.". Berendt's book remained on the New York Times best seller list for 216 weeks ...

How many times was Jim Williams tried?

The remarkable part of the crime is that Jim Williams was tried four times for Hansford's murder. This was omitted from the movie version.

Who played the voodoo woman in the movie?

Many of Berendt 's characters such as the voodoo woman, Minerva, the transgendered nightclub entertainer, Chablis and Joe Odom were actually Savannah residents.

What does Jim Williams symbolize?

Jim Williams symbolizes the good in the hour before midnight and Danny Hancock the evil the hour after midnight. In the real world, the upper-class often crosses from good into evil in the garden of life. Book a tour and learn more.