Worse Than the Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and Justice in a Time of Terror

by Dean A. Strang

Book Overview

In 1917 a bomb exploded in a Milwaukee police station, killing nine officers and a civilian. Those responsible never were apprehended, but police, press, and public all assumed that the perpetrators were Italian. Days later, eleven alleged Italian anarchists went to trial on unrelated charges involving a fracas that had occurred two months before. Against the backdrop of World War I, and amidst a prevailing hatred and fear of radical immigrants, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299293947
• ISBN13: 9780299293949
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"