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To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction
Published in Hardcover by Louisiana State University Press (1971)
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The only professional work on Lumbee history
Ballots and Fence Rails
Published in Paperback by University of Georgia Press (1995)
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Thriving!: A Manual for Students in the Helping Professions
Published in Paperback by Houghton Mifflin Co (2002)
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Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Published in Paperback by Touchstone Books (07 August, 2001)
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But there are serious flaws. By beginning the book with the murder of the Lowry relatives, Evans contextualizes the gang's story as a revenge tale. The book's organization thus obscures the fact that the Lowrys had already committed two murders themselves, prior to their enemies' murder of their father. Obviously there is more going on than a simple revenge motive. Evans fails to make clear that the Lowry gang episode is really about Radical political terrorism in opposition to the Conservative political terrorism of the KKK. While Evans does report elements of the Lowrys' political motivations (although he missed a number of sources that would have expanded this aspect), he emphasizes the revenge motivation. Ultimately, Evans has succumbed to and is reproducing stereotypes of "Indian" violence. Evans never acknowledges that there is little to no evidence that the Lowrys saw themselves as Indian warriors. In fact, the Lowry gang was a multiracial political coalition--not an outbreak of ethnic conflict.
Those caveats aside, this is the most professional work ever done on Lumbee history, and certainly the best researched. All the pieces of the story are here, and it is a fascinating story indeed.