A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton.
LANDAU, Deb Miller.
A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton.
"One day, he will die - and no one will send flowers": First Edition of A Devil Went Down to Georgia; lengthily signed by Deb Miller Landau
New York: Pegasus Books, 2024.
$475.00
In Stock
Item Number: 148695
First edition of one of “the best nonfiction true crime books of all time” (Oprah Daily). Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Lengthily signed by the author with the last line of this work on the title page, “‘One day, he will die – and no one will send flowers.’ Deb Miller Landau.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
In her meticulously researched true-crime work, A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton (2024), Deb Miller Landau reconstructs the notorious 1987 murder of Atlanta socialite Lita McClinton, who was gunned down at her Buckhead doorstep just as her interracial divorce was about to be finalized. "Deb Miller Landau's heartbreaking true crime tale of murder and greed is a meticulously researched portrayal of an accomplished young Black woman's extraordinary life and cruel death. Obscured behind the lies and manipulations of her charming, obsessive, white millionaire husband, the breathtaking narrative unravels the facts behind the investigations and multiple trials to finally reveal the shocking truth" (Deborah Holt Larkin, author of 'A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers').
