Deadly Censorship: Murder, Honor by James L. Underwood - 2013

University of South Carolina Press, 2013. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. It was 1903, and it was South Carolina, so to some observers the murder was justified. Lieutenant Governor James H, Tillman had shot and killed newspaper editor Narciso G. Gonzales after the latter had published several editorials dismissing Tillman's run for governor in the previous year. Tillman justified the murder of Gonzalez by his anger and need to get revenge, which he called "clearing his name." The resulting "trial of the century" (a bit premature, given that it was 1903) is reported superbly by Underwood, especially the ingrained sense of honor which Tillman felt Gonzalez had violated. It is worth noting that Tillman was acquitted. (2013 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)