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Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream
John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 978-1-250-62193-1
Keywords: immigrants, Miscarriage of justice, Anarchists, Italian-Americans, Red scare, Scapegoat
In post-World War I Boston, amid anti-immigrant hostility and fears of communism, two Italian self-proclaimed anarchists were wrongfully convicted and executed for murder, raising protests throughout the world. Archival photos.