Death in the Haymarket (repost)
Death in the Haymarket By James Green
Publisher: P a n t h e o n 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0375422374 | EPUB | 5 MB
Publisher: P a n t h e o n 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0375422374 | EPUB | 5 MB
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. Coming in the midst of the largest national strike Americans had ever seen, the bombing created mass hysteria and led to a sensational trial, which culminated in four controversial executions. The trial seized headlines across the country, created the nation’s first red scare and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover.