Sacco and Vanzetti
The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Bruce Watson | ISBN: | 9781101202623 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | August 16, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bruce Watson |
| ISBN: | 9781101202623 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 16, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
In this groundbreaking narrative of one of America?s most divisive trials and executions, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson mines deep archives and newly available sources to paint the most complete portrait available of the ?good shoemaker? and the ?poor fish peddler.? Opening with an explosion that rocks a quiet Washington, D.C., neighborhood and concluding with worldwide outrage as two men are executed despite widespread doubts about their guilt, Sacco & Vanzetti is the definitive history of an infamous case that still haunts the American imagination.
In this groundbreaking narrative of one of America?s most divisive trials and executions, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson mines deep archives and newly available sources to paint the most complete portrait available of the ?good shoemaker? and the ?poor fish peddler.? Opening with an explosion that rocks a quiet Washington, D.C., neighborhood and concluding with worldwide outrage as two men are executed despite widespread doubts about their guilt, Sacco & Vanzetti is the definitive history of an infamous case that still haunts the American imagination.
