A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike

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Beacon Press, 15/05/2005 - 264 páginas
On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Women were raped on street corners, stores were looted, and pedestrians were beaten and robbed while crowds not only looked on but cheered.

The police strike and the mayhem that followed made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a president. It also created a monster: for two days, more than 700,000 residents of Boston's urban core were without police protection, and the mob ruled the streets.

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A Personal Recollection
1
The Year of Disillusion
7
The Boston Police Department
26
Overture to a Strike
47
Summers End in Boston
73
On a Tuesday in September
97
The Ghost of Scollay Square
236
Postscript in Baltimore
242
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Francis Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. He attended Boston-area schools and during World War II was a captain in the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders. He is the author of Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case, which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Russell died in 1989.

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