Stopping the presses : the murder of Walter W. Liggett / Marda Liggett Woodbury.

Author
Woodbury, Marda [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1998.
Description
xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Mudd Manuscript Library - StacksHV6534.M66 W66 1998 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-255) and index.
    Contents
    • pt. 1. Walter's story
    • ch. 1. Prairie activist
    • ch. 2. Roaring twenties
    • ch. 3. Freelance writer, freelance radical
    • ch. 4. Meanwhile, in Minnesota
    • ch. 5. Return to Minnesota
    • ch. 6. Break with Olson
    • ch. 7. Move to danger
    • ch. 8. Framed and beaten up
    • ch. 9. On trial
    • pt. 2. Death in an alley
    • ch. 10. Crescendo of horror
    • ch. 11. Last day : family recollections
    • ch. 12. Cops arrive, a little late, with their notebooks
    • ch. 13. Word goes out
    • ch. 14. No time to mourn
    • pt. 3. Edith's story
    • ch. 15. Aftermath of murder
    • ch. 16. Hard times
    • ch. 17. Kid Cann beats the rap
    • ch. 18. Loose ends
    • ch. 19. Home to Brooklyn.
    ISBN
    • 0816629293 ((pb ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780816629299 ((pb ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    97051443
    OCLC
    38112541
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