End of the Rope

The True Tale of North Dakota's Last Lynching

ISBN: 978-1-7923-3480-1
By: Johnson, Dennis

ABOUT THE BOOK

The grisly murders of a farm family, including an infant, led some members of a small community to take justice into their own hands. The impact of vigilante justice during the Great Depression echoes through the pages of this well-researched account of the last lynching in North Dakota.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dennis Johnson

Watford City native, Dennis Edward Johnson, is the former McKenzie County States Attorney. He knew many of the relatives and some of the survivors of those who pushed a man to the "end of the rope."