The Hawk and the Sun

by Byron Herbert Reece

Set in the small-town, pre-civil rights South, The Hawk and the Sun is the story of one day in the life of Dandelion, a physically impaired man who is the sole black resident in the town of Tilden.

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

Reviews

[Lin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The only black man in a small Southern town gets falsely accused of an atrocity that never happened. The men of the town torture him before killing him. The writing is not politically correct by today's standards, so perhaps do not read it if you are sensitive to the language, because this book was written halfway through the 20th century. That was a different time and and it is an education unto itself in reading this book. It was a difficult and disturbing read.

[Kathy Piselli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the creepiest lynching story I've read. Reece does such an excellent job of portraying not only the characters, but the inevitability of the actions which flow like molasses. You want this lynching to not happen, and it seems unbelievable that it would happen, and yet it does anyway. It isn't sugar coated. God glares down, disapproving.

[Carol Frazer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read....

[Reeca Ratcliff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of a black man wo was wrongly accused of rape by a woman who went crazy. The man was lynched and the story all takes place on the one day all his a
happened.