The 1937 Chicago Steel Strike: Blood on the Prairie
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A violent period of American labor history reached its bloody apex in 1937 when rattled Chicago police shot, clubbed and gassed a group of men, women and children attempting to picket Republic Steel's South Chicago plant. Ten died and over one hundred were wounded in what became known as the Memorial Day Massacre. A newsreel camera captured about eight minutes of the confrontation, yet local and congressional investigations amazingly reached opposite conclusions about what happened and why. In the first book on the subject, John Hogan sifts through the conflicting reports of all those entangled in that fateful day, including union leaders, news reporters and an undercover National Guard observer revealed after seventy-six years..
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1626193436
ISBN13:9781626193437
Release Date:January 2014
Publisher:History Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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