--- product_id: 213152890 title: "The Lena Baker Story" price: "109 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/213152890-the-lena-baker-story store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Lena Baker Story **Price:** 109 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Lena Baker Story - **How much does it cost?** 109 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/213152890-the-lena-baker-story) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Lena Baker Story [Phillips, Lela Bond] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Lena Baker Story Review: Rough Justice - Lela Bond Phillips's recounting of this once forgotten miscarriage of justice is a gripping story well told in its sparse yet lively style covering barely 120 pages. While others would have padded the book with trial transcripts and other ephemera Phillips sticks to the facts of the case painting a warts and all portrait of Lena Baker, the accused murderer and her relationship with Ernest White, the victim. Phillips is unsparing in the depiction of the events leading to the murder as well as well as providing background information on all the major characters as events unfold. Phillips does an outstanding job of explaining how the standards of crime scene investigation and forensic evidence of the era were not as rigorous as they are now and points out the inherent contradictions in the testimony and evidence presented at trial. Phillips studiously avoids making judgments and is careful to point out that readers should not use contemporary standards to judge the characters and their actions. The unflattering and unemotional depiction of an interracial relationship gone wrong in the Jim Crow South has the potential for overwrought prose, but Phillips keeps that in check, largely due to her writing ability (she has an MA in English). In fact her style of writing is well suited for historical writing even though here she is writing out-of-field. When printed in 1998 this book generated renewed interest in the case and efforts to mark Ms. Baker's grave and obtain a pardon from the Board of Parole and Pardons was undertaken. Those efforts bore fruit on August 15, 2005 when the Board posthumously pardoned Ms. Baker. The pardon is a small consolation as she was electrocuted 60 years ago in Georgia's electric chair; the only woman to be put to death. This book is highly recommended for those interested in exploring the Jim Crow era of the South, Georgia History, and real life crime stories. Phillips's style of writing is very enjoyable and this book is a lively page turner that will give you a better understanding of the times. Review: Sad story - This book is very short at 103 pages, but it makes one feel so much for the subject of it. Misery and then unjustly tried and executed over a matter in which she was only trying to protect herself. Deep South politics and racism strongly at play. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,642,955 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,738 in Crime & Criminal Biographies #18,153 in Women's Biographies | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (29) | | Dimensions | 5.68 x 0.31 x 7.5 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | ISBN-10 | 1930897073 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1930897076 | | Item Weight | 4.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 120 pages | | Publication date | June 1, 2001 | | Publisher | Wings Publishers, LLC | ## Images ![The Lena Baker Story - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51xDGBtY-OL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rough Justice *by T***W on August 16, 2005* Lela Bond Phillips's recounting of this once forgotten miscarriage of justice is a gripping story well told in its sparse yet lively style covering barely 120 pages. While others would have padded the book with trial transcripts and other ephemera Phillips sticks to the facts of the case painting a warts and all portrait of Lena Baker, the accused murderer and her relationship with Ernest White, the victim. Phillips is unsparing in the depiction of the events leading to the murder as well as well as providing background information on all the major characters as events unfold. Phillips does an outstanding job of explaining how the standards of crime scene investigation and forensic evidence of the era were not as rigorous as they are now and points out the inherent contradictions in the testimony and evidence presented at trial. Phillips studiously avoids making judgments and is careful to point out that readers should not use contemporary standards to judge the characters and their actions. The unflattering and unemotional depiction of an interracial relationship gone wrong in the Jim Crow South has the potential for overwrought prose, but Phillips keeps that in check, largely due to her writing ability (she has an MA in English). In fact her style of writing is well suited for historical writing even though here she is writing out-of-field. When printed in 1998 this book generated renewed interest in the case and efforts to mark Ms. Baker's grave and obtain a pardon from the Board of Parole and Pardons was undertaken. Those efforts bore fruit on August 15, 2005 when the Board posthumously pardoned Ms. Baker. The pardon is a small consolation as she was electrocuted 60 years ago in Georgia's electric chair; the only woman to be put to death. This book is highly recommended for those interested in exploring the Jim Crow era of the South, Georgia History, and real life crime stories. Phillips's style of writing is very enjoyable and this book is a lively page turner that will give you a better understanding of the times. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sad story *by P***A on May 21, 2024* This book is very short at 103 pages, but it makes one feel so much for the subject of it. Misery and then unjustly tried and executed over a matter in which she was only trying to protect herself. Deep South politics and racism strongly at play. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The trial of Lena Baker who was convicted of murdering her kidnapper and rapist *by L***L on September 5, 2013* The story was excellent and it tells the truth how justice is blind when it comes to a black woman being traumatized by a white man in this country during the 1940;s and she was innocent of the crime of murder . She was within her right to kill this man because of the things that he did to her and threatening her family . The justice system should pay her children for a wrongful death and apologize to he family. Lena Baker was not judge by a juror of her peers but by a group of racist white men who knew very well what Ernest Knight did to her keeping her as a slave and using her as he saw fit. She should have been given a medal for killing the man who as she stated was self defense or he would have killed her and her family. 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