A devil went down to Georgia [text (large print)] : race, power, privilege, and the murder of Lita McClinton
Abstract:
"The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shockwaves through the affluent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia, like few other crimes before it. The neighborhood, with its stately mansions and top-tier schools, was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in cold blood in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies so dangerous they would be murdered by a hitman pretending to deliver roses on an early winter morning? Lita was an intelligent, accomplished, stunning Black woman from a respected Atlanta family. Her interracial marriage to white millionaire Jim Sullivan, who hailed from working-class Boston, was a newsworthy occurrence in 1970s Georgia. For a while, the couple made the marriage work, but it wasn't long before Jim's roving eye and controlling nature put Lita on edge. When he bought a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida (without telling her), the façade of their life together began to crumble. Finally, after a decade of marriage, she loaded her belongings in a U-Haul and never looked back. But as the legal battle over the divorce raged and Jim's financial outlook grew precarious, he had a chance encounter with a long-haul trucker, a smooth-talking ex-con who said he could "take care" of Jim's problem . . ."-- Provided by publisher.
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Author:
Landau, Deb Miller, author.
Author, for Grouping:
Landau, Deb Miller,
Availability:
Sierra Vista Public Library~1
Contents:
Prologue -- The doorbell rings (January 16, 1987) -- Lita : back to the beginning (1952-1976) -- Jim (1941-1976) -- The wedding (1976) -- Macon (1976-1983) -- Palm Beach (1983-1985) -- Coming home (1985-1986) -- Free & uneasy (1985-1986) -- Tony & Belinda (1986) -- Three days before (January 13, 1987) -- For whom the bell tolls (January 16, 1987, again) -- The aftermath (1987) -- Early investigation (1987) -- Truck stop (February, or maybe August, 1987) -- For love or money (1987-1989) -- The feds (1988-1989) -- Ticking timebomb (1990) -- Uncivil war (1990-1991) -- I spy with my little eye (Summer 1991) -- Justice league (Fall 1991) -- Goose chase (Winter 1991) -- Federal fiasco (1992) -- Unreasonable doubt (1992) -- Wrongful death (1993-1998) -- Belinda (January to April, 1998) -- On the run (1998-2002) -- Thailand (2002-2004) -- Preparing for justice -- The stripper and the bartender -- The trial (2006) -- The trial, part 2 (2006) -- The verdict (March 2006) -- Where's the money? -- A trucker and a millionaire (2023) -- Epilogue (Race, power, privilege).
Database Key:
u673938
Document ID:
SD_ILS:673938
Edition:
Center Point Large Print edition.
Author:
Landau, Deb Miller, author.
First Subject value, for Searching:
Murder -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Title:
A devil went down to Georgia [text (large print)] : race, power, privilege, and the murder of Lita McClinton
Format:
Large print
General Note:
Regular print version previously published by: Pegasus Books.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9798891644106
Language:
English
Number Available:
1
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
400 pages (large print) : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm
Preferred Shelf Number:
LT 364.152 LAN
Publication Date:
2025
2024
Publication Date as Range:
2024-2025
Relevance Sort Field:
2025
2024
Reverse Author:
Deb Miller, author. Landau
Subject:
Murder -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography. |
Spouses -- United States -- Biography. |
Socialites -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography. |
Businessmen -- Biography. |
Large type books. |
Meurtre -- Géorgie (État) -- Atlanta -- Biographies. |
Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies. |
Hommes d'affaires -- Biographies. |
Livres en gros caractères. |
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs. |
large print books. |
True crime stories. |
Biographies. |
Récits criminels. |
McClinton, Lita, 1952-1987. |
Sullivan, James Vincent, 1941- |
Subject Term:
Subsequent Subject values, for Searching:
Spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Socialites -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biography.
Large type books.
Meurtre -- Géorgie (État) -- Atlanta -- Biographies.
Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires -- Biographies.
Livres en gros caractères.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.
large print books.
True crime stories.
Biographies.
Récits criminels.
McClinton, Lita, 1952-1987.
Sullivan, James Vincent, 1941-
Summary:
"The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shockwaves through the affluent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia, like few other crimes before it. The neighborhood, with its stately mansions and top-tier schools, was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in cold blood in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies so dangerous they would be murdered by a hitman pretending to deliver roses on an early winter morning? Lita was an intelligent, accomplished, stunning Black woman from a respected Atlanta family. Her interracial marriage to white millionaire Jim Sullivan, who hailed from working-class Boston, was a newsworthy occurrence in 1970s Georgia. For a while, the couple made the marriage work, but it wasn't long before Jim's roving eye and controlling nature put Lita on edge. When he bought a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida (without telling her), the façade of their life together began to crumble. Finally, after a decade of marriage, she loaded her belongings in a U-Haul and never looked back. But as the legal battle over the divorce raged and Jim's financial outlook grew precarious, he had a chance encounter with a long-haul trucker, a smooth-talking ex-con who said he could "take care" of Jim's problem . . ."--
Title:
A devil went down to Georgia [text (large print)] : race, power, privilege, and the murder of Lita McClinton
Title, for Grouping:
A devil went down to Georgia