Dear Reader, Love Alice Kay Hill

Have you faced disaster? If so, my heart goes out to you. I can empathize!

Looking back after any life changing event, perhaps a car wreck or a robbery or a devastating fall, a person can often clearly see the steps leading to that moment. With reflection we realize that one small change, one delay or decision made, could have prevented it.

Action or inaction…we make choices daily.

That concept is what I hope you, dear reader, are aware of while you read UNDER A FULL MOON The Last Lynching in Kansas.

I hope that you will be especially aware when you are faced with a choice to speak up, to intervene, to reach out when you see a child who is frightened, uncomfortable, or in danger. Or see a person with something that sets them ‘outside the herd’ and is being victimized because of it.

Become sensitized. Become proactive. Be on the alert. Doing nothing is a tragedy.

Doing something may avert one.

I have many personal experiences gained through my years as a school nurse. I drew upon these experiences as I wrote UNDER A FULL MOON. I saw children who, early on, became the kicking post for a class. I saw teachers single out and humiliate a struggling child. I had children report to me that their lives were miserable, both at home and at school.

My office was a haven. I did my best. I taught anti-bullying programs. I tried to give both the victimized child and the ‘silent majority’ who see it happening but do not act tools for change.

I hope that UNDER A FULL MOON can be the stimulus, the lodestar that helps guide you, dear reader, on a course of intervention. I hope you will feel as compelled as I to make the right choice, daily.

If you are a victim, seek help. If you are a perpetrator, seek help. If you are over your head, seek help.

The worst choice to make is not making one. Be kind and do no harm.

Love,

Alice Kay Hill

About the Book

UNDER A FULL MOON: The Last Lynching in Kansas tells of the tragic abduction and death of an eight-year-old girl at the hands of a repeat offender in 1932. This crime stands apart as the last mob lynching in Kansas. Based on true events, this account takes a deep dive into the psycho-social complexities of pioneer times and their impact on this particular crime and the justice meted out to the perpetrator.

Beginning in the year 1881, and written in a chronological narrative non-fiction format, author Alice Kay Hill vividly weaves the stories of the victims and the families involved. She reveals how mental and physical abuse, social isolation, privations of homesteading, strong dreams and even stronger personalities all factored into the criminal and his crimes.

Spanning the years of settlement to the beginnings of the Dust Bowl, historic events are lived as daily news by the seven families whose lives become intertwined. Historically accurate and written with an intimate knowledge of the area, UNDER A FULL MOON is as personal as a family diary, as vivid as a photo album found in an attic trunk, and will remain with the reader long after the book is closed.

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About the Author

Alice Kay Hill is passionate about her Kansas heritage. She has published in Hobby Farms magazine and written an instruction manual title GROW TOPLESS: A Modified High Tunnel Design for Headache Free Extended-Season Gardening which is available on Amazon. UNDER A FULL MOON: The Last Lynching in Kansas is her first narrative non-fiction work.

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