Published: December 07, 2009 02:18 pm      

Author coming to Kosciusko, area for signings

Stokes McMillan will be on hand to sign copies of “One Night of Madness” at the Attala County Library on Monday, Dec. 14 from 3-6 p.m. and will give a short talk followed by a book signing.

The book chronicles the lives of several Newport and area families leading up to the murder of several members of a black family, the Harrises, at the hands Leon Turner and his accomplices in 1950.

He is also making stops on Dec. 15 at Durant Library from 10 a.m. to noon and the Goodman Library from 2:30-5 p.m., and on Dec. 16 Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson at 5 p.m.

The book can be purchased at www.amazon.com or StokesMcMillan.com