Doomed : Sacco, Vanzetti, and the end of the American dream / John Florio & Ouisie Shapiro.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250621931
- 1250621933
- Sacco, Vanzetti, and the end of the American dream
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book | Main Library | YA NonFiction | 345.7302 F638 | Available | 33111011272339 | ||||
YA Book | Northport Library | YA NonFiction | 345.7302 F638 | Available | 33111009473154 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.
In the early 1920s, a Red Scare gripped America. Many of those targeted were Italians, Eastern Europeans, and other immigrants.
When an armed robbery resulting in the death of two people broke headlines in Massachusetts, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti--both Italian immigrants--were quick to be accused.
A heated trial ensued, but through it all, the two men maintained their innocence. The controversial case quickly rippled past borders as it became increasingly clear that Sacco and Vanzetti were fated for a death sentence. Protests sprang up around the world to fight for their lives.
Learn the tragic history we dare not repeat in Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream , an action-packed, fast-paced nonfiction book filled with issues that still resonate today.
Praise for Doomed
"A riveting true crime story--but who are the criminals? As relevant today as it was a century ago." - Steve Sheinkin, author of Bomb and Fallout
Relates the story of how in the early 1920s, as a Red Scare gripped America, two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were wrongly accused, tried, and executed for murder, making front-page headlines as they maintained their innocence to the very end.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
Part one: America, 1908-1920 -- Part two: The trial, 1921 -- Part three: Posttrial, 1921-1927 -- Epilogue.