The Centralia Tragedy of 1919 : Elmer Smith and the Wobblies /
On November 11, 1919, the citizens of Centralia, Washington, gathered to watch former servicemen, local Boy Scouts, and other community groups march in the Armistice Day parade. When the marchers swung past the meeting hall of the Industrial Workers of the World, a group of veterans broke ranks, cha...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
1993.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue: The determined advocate
- "I'm looking for trouble"
- Timber beasts and soldiers
- Lawlessness leads to bloodshed
- The essence of law and order
- On the prisoners' bench
- Lest we forget
- The kicking jackass
- Acid in a Wobbly shoe
- Get Thomas Jefferson
- The lumberjack and the mule
- The spirit of persecution
- The conscience of the legion
- "I have a feeling of being optimistic"
- Epilogue: The light at the end of the tunnel.