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Opere di Francis X. Busch

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Nome legale
Busch, Francis Xavier
Data di nascita
1879
Sesso
male

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Accounts of four potentially capital cases resulting in acquittals. The best known is the Hall-Mills ("Pigwoman") case (which William Kunsler suggested in another book was actually committed by the KKK --I doubt it, in New Jersey.) Another case notorious in its time was the trial of Caleb Powers for allegedly instigating the murder of William Goebel, contending governor-elect of Kentucky. The version here is less sympathetic to Goebel than the version in The Great Revolt and Its Leaders -- The Great Revolt sees Goebel as a genuine Populist fighting the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's domination of Kentucky; Busch sees Goebel as an ambitious an unscrupulous politician who was at least as willing to use any means necessary to win election as his rivals.… (altro)
 
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antiquary | Aug 13, 2013 |
A cool "old school" account of famous American trials. I am the first LibraryThing user to own this book -- that's a first for me!
 
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wfzimmerman | Apr 20, 2007 |

Statistiche

Opere
12
Utenti
50
Popolarità
#316,248
Voto
½ 3.5
Recensioni
2
ISBN
5

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