OLDER FICTION
Stewart, Elizabeth

The Lynching of Louie Sam

(3) YA Based on a true incident, this fictional account tells how in 1884 a fourteen-year-old Native American boy is lynched in Canada by the leaders of a white mob attempting to cover up the murder of a local citizen. Although that murder remains unsolved, Stewart builds a credible case against the probable perpetrators. An afterword separates fact from fiction.

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