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Killing the poormaster : a saga of poverty, corruption, and murder in the Great Depression / Holly Metz.
Van Pelt Library HV6534.H63 M48 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metz, Holly.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--New Jersey--Hoboken--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Poor--New Jersey--Social conditions--20th century.
- Poor.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- United States.
- New Jersey.
- New Jersey--Hoboken.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2012]
- Contents:
- Waiting for nothing
- A city divided
- Suffer the little children
- In the dark
- Defenders
- Two funerals
- Taking account
- The nepotistic republic
- Circus maximus
- The marble halls of justice
- A jury of his peers
- On trial: the State's case
- On trial: the defense
- The hand of God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781613744185
- 1613744188
- OCLC:
- 785874313
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