Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890–1940. By Amy Louise Wood. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009; 368 pp.; illustrations. $43.95 cloth, $26.95 paper, e-book available. Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890–1930. By Koritha Mitchell. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2011; 272 pp.; illustrations. $40.00 cloth, $28.00 paper