format: book
genre: nonfiction
subjects: 0anr; 0dea;
summary:
In 1927 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, respectively a shoemaker and a fish peddler--and both devoted to the cause of anarchy--were executed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after being adjudged guilty of the murder of a paymaster during a robbery in 1921. For six years the two men were imprisoned while journalists and political and religious leaders argued passionately about their guilt or innocence. Were they guilty of the crime as charged or were they murdered by the state because of their political belief? The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti offers the complete and true story of one of the most sensational trials of modern times. The volume contains the letters written by both defendants between 1921 and 1927 as well as a detailed story of the case, the speeches to the court, and Vanzetti's last statement, a portion of which is reprinted on this cover.
publisher: Citadel Press
branch: Langhorne
OJPL id #: 10083
checked: in
