What a horrendous little book. If ever there is an argument for independent journalism, Southern Horrors is it. It is very clear, from the many quotes from other newspapers included here, that reliable, unbiased journalism cannot be expected from sources unwilling to address their own vicious bigotry. Wells makes it plain, citing many a contemporary source as she does so, that the so-called reasoning behind lynching in the American South was nothing more than barefaced lies. 

It's a very short book - only a pamphlet. It does not need to be longer. I'm selfishly glad that it isn't, because the sheer revulsion I felt... well. It does not compare, I'm sure.