A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807050330ISBN-10:807050334UPC:9780807050330Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.04 x 6.64 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCKAN4BC3T
A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike
"The Boston Police Strike, long forgotten and too long ignored, is here described with great drama and verve by Francis Russell. It is an extraordinary moment in the history of Boston, as well as an important event in the nation's labor history." -Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807050330ISBN-10:807050334UPC:9780807050330Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.04 x 6.64 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCKAN4BC3T
Francis Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. He attended Boston-area schools and during World War II was a captain in the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders. He is the author of Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case, which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Russell died in 1989.
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