Scott Ellsworth is an award-winning author and professor of history at the University of Michigan. His most recent book, The World Beneath Their Feet (John Murray, 2020) - described as 'gripping' by the Sunday Times - is the story of the international race to conquer the Himalayas.
''Ellsworth recounts how survivors, researchers, and historians
following the 1986 publication of his seminal book on the massacre
served as essential catalysts in breaking long held silences around
an American tragedy with the aim of modeling what racial healing
could look like.'' - Oprah Daily, Best Books to Pick Up in May
2021
''Fast-paced but nuanced ... impeccably researched ... a
much-needed book'' - The Guardian
''[S]o dystopian and apocalyptic that you can hardly believe what
you are reading. ... But the story [it] tells is an essential one,
with just a glimmer of hope in it. Because of the work of Ellsworth
and many others, America is finally staring this appalling chapter
of its history in the face. It's not a pretty sight.'' - Sunday
Times
''[A] riveting, painful-to-read account of a mass crime that, to
our everlasting shame ... has avoided justice. Ellsworth's book
presents us with a clear history of the Tulsa massacre and with
that rendering, a chance for atonement ... Readers of this book
will fervently hope we take that opportunity.'' - Washington
Post
''Absolutely riveting ... With a stunning combination of
objectivity and empathy, it demonstrates how even in polarized
times we can come together in pursuit of truth. ... Anyone
interested in America's future should read it as a template for the
reconciliation that lies ahead.'' - Tim Blake Nelson
''The persistence, empathy and painstaking research of The Ground
Breaking move us much closer to the justice that the victims of
Greenwood, and the people of America, deserve. Heartbreaking and
inspiring.'' - Beto O'Rourke
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