[.ca] Day They Hung Elephant (ISBN 0932807755)

Strange, but interesting:
A very detailed description of what happened that day. It's a strange story, but it fascinated me fro beginning to end.

One of the strangest 'executions' ever:
When I first heard this tale I found it hard to belive. Without knowing the story, and the time when the hanging took place, it would be impossible to think that an elephant hanging could take place in the U.S., but it did. Charles Price does an excellent job of telling this story using the very few deatils that exist regarding the hanging. By tracking down the last known living eye-witness Mr. Price was able to recreate the scene of the hanging in his book using first-person testimony. Through his research and interviews Mr. Price has successfully documented this strange moment of history thereby taking a piece of Southern folklore and creating a fact-based document before before all witnesses to the execution had passed away. The book is illustrated with ink drawings in several places and the famous photo of elephant Mary hanging from the gallows is included as well.