{"product_id":"the-sultanas-saboteur-paperback","title":"The Sultana's Saboteur - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve days after the assassination of President Lincoln, the fictitious character Rummy Joe Greene, an embittered Confederate, sabotages the Mississippi riverboat \"Sultana\". The real-life explosion of the Sultana occurred near Memphis causing the deaths of approximately 1800 Union soldiers. To this day, it remains the worst maritime disaster ever in American waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe saboteur evades discovery and winds up in Charleston. For the next thirty-three years, he travels the Carolina coast, leading a life of debauchery and sewing seeds of hatred against Blacks and Yankees. He vows, \"The South will rise again!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRummy Joe becomes a night-riding Klansman. He is proud to be a torching, lynching, vote-rigging supporter of white supremacism. He calls himself the Swamp Stud and frequents brothels, deserted beaches, and posh resorts in search of available women. Early on, he has a chance encounter with two Black teenagers, a boy and a girl, that ends in violence. Their mysterious disappearance has a profound effect on the young girl's grandfather, a former slave. The elderly Black man reluctantly accepts the reality that they must be dead. He is determined to find the culprit and to seek revenge for the children's deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the eyes of its fictitious main characters and many real-life characters, the story reveals the towns, rivers, people and politics of 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century North and South Carolina, exposing the perverse racism that existed at all levels of society. Rummy's dramatic grand finale occurs in the backdrop of a real-life coup d'etat led by White supremacists in North Carolina's then- largest town. This event was a shameful blemish in the history of North Carolina that was hidden for many decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115164635359,"sku":"9798822975736","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/bd5KThlGw49798822975736.webp?v=1781421982","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-sultanas-saboteur-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}