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b'THE FAMILY TREE:\\n\\nA Lynching in Georgia,\\xa0a Legacy of Secrets\\xa0and My Search for the Truth\\xa0by Karen Branan\\n\\nA true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912\\u2014written by the great-granddaughter of the sheriff who allowed the lynching.\\n\\nBranan describes her almost twenty-year search for the truth behind her grandmother\\u2019s casual reply to the query \\u201cWhat is your most unforgettable memory?\\u201d The reply was, \\u201cThe hanging,\\u201d which Branan would learn referred to the 1912 lynching of four black residents\\u2013a woman and three men\\u2013in retaliation for the killing of the sheriff\\u2019s nephew. Newly sworn into office, the sheriff\\u2013Branan\\u2019s maternal great-grandfather\\xad\\u2013allowed the lynching, for which no one was ever apprehended.\\n\\nKaren Branan is a veteran journalist who has written for newspapers, magazines, stage, and television for almost fifty years. Her work has appeared in Life, Mother Jones, Ms., Ladies\\u2019 Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Today\\u2019s Health, Learning, Parents, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and on PBS, CBS, ABC, CBC, BBC, and CNN.'