of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad, igniting international controversy. Many believed Hill was innocent, condemned for his association with the Industrial Workers of the World—the radical Wobblies. Now, following four years of intensive investigation, William M. Adler gives us the first full-scale biography of Joe Hill, and presents never-before-published documentary evidence that comes close to definitively exonerating him./DIVP/PDIVHill’s gripping tale is set against a brief but electrifying moment in American history, between the century’s turn and World War I, when the call for industrial unionism struck a deep chord among disenfranchised workers; when class warfare raged and capitalism was on the run. Hill was the IWW’s preeminent songwriter, and in death, he became organized labor’s most venerated martyr, celebrated by Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, and immortalized in the ballad “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night.”/DIVDIV /DIVDIVIThe Man Who Never Died/Idoes justice both to Hill’s extraordinary life and to the crime that ended it. Drawing on extensive new evidence, Adler deconstructs the case against his subject and argues convincingly for the guilt of another man. Reading like a murder mystery, and set against the backdrop of the raw, turn-of-the-century West, this essential American story will make news and expose the roots of critical contemporary issues./DIV/DIVDIVDIVBWilliam M. Adler/Bis a freelance writer who has contributed to numerous publications, includingIEsquire/I,IRolling Stone/I,IMother Jones/I,ITexas Monthly/I, and theITexas Observer/I. He is th@ÌÌÌÌÌÍÿ¾Û€  (less)

Although it initially had the support of numerous Protestant groups, eventually it became most closely aligned with the Congregational Christian Churches, most of whom are now members of the United Church of Christ. It maintained its distinct identity until 1999, when a restructuring of the UCC merged it into the Justice and Witness Ministries division. The organization started The American Missionary magazine, which published from 1846 through 1934.  (less)

Greg Locke),iDying Hard/i, andiThe Myth of Delinquency/i.bChapter 1/bbrbrbThe Panic/bbrbrA great wave of anxiety hit the North American public during the mid-1980s. New incarnations of serial and mass killers seemed to be among us everywhere, and we were no longer safe. The newspapers, television, magazines, books, films, and the Internet all dwelt in frenzied detail on these “new” killers while, as always, providing no context for understanding the phenomenon. To compound matters, the hysteria was legitimized by a U.S. Department of Justice proclamation that there were as many as one hundred multiple murderers killing in America at any given time, stealing the lives of thousands each year.brbrIt was as if a bloodthirsty race of space aliens had come to live among and prey upon us. The intensely publicized cross-country rampages of kidnapping and sexual murder perpetrated by Ted Bundy on young university women (or believed to have been committed by Henry Lee Lucas), or by the lesbian killer Aileen Wuornos as she prowled the highways of Florida, or by James Huberty’s murderous siege of the McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, all seemed a declaration that what had in the past been a rare and isolated event was now the norm. We lived in an ugly new moonscape in which cold and remorseless killers stalked the land, invaded our homes, and murdered our loved ones.brbrTo make the killers even more memorably frightening, the media, police, and public together often gave them nicknames. To Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, the Boston Strangler, and the Moors Murderers we now added the Nightstalker, the Gree@5½p£×ÿ¾Û€  (less)

author ofiSee No Evil/i. She lives in Toronto.Award-winning journalist Isabel Vincent unravels the labyrinthine story behind the headlines by taking us through the life of survivor Renée Appel, who found refuge in Canada. With her, we come to understand what it means to wait for justice: how, on the eve of war, desperate men and women entrusted their life savings to Swiss banks; how Nazis laundered gold looted from Jewish families; how the demands of international business, Swiss bank secrecy, and greed kept the truth hidden for over half a century and still prevent restitution from being made.iHitler's Silent Partners/iis a rigorous and often heartbreaking look at statistics seldom given a human face."Gripping.... A story of unbelievable courage, creativity [and] determination." -iThe Globe and Mailbrbr/i"One of the best [books] of its kind...rigorously researched and lucidly told." -iThe Canadian Jewish Newsbrbr/i"iHitler's Silent Partners/istands on its own as a compelling, well-researched and sympathetic look at a terrible tragedy." -iThe Financial Postbrbr/i"Isabel Vincent shows how Renée's story is one of so many that got lost in the shuffle.... A thoroughly gripping tale." -iThe Toronto Starbrbr/i"A stirring saga of one family's struggle to survive." -iPublishers Weeklybrbrbr/i  (less)

law in 1872, the year that Charlotte E. Ray became the first black woman to graduate from an American law school.iRebels in Law/iintroduces some of these women and through their own writing tells a compelling story about the little-known involvement of black women in law and politics. Beginning with a short essay written in 1897, the writing collected by J. Clay Smith, Jr., tells us how black women came to the practice of law, the challenges they faced as women and as blacks in making a place for themselves in the legal profession, their fight to become legal educators, and their efforts to encourage other black women and black men to come to the practice of law.br/divDIVThe essays demonstrate the involvement of black women lawyers in important public issues of our time and show them addressing the sensitive subjects of race, equality, justice and freedom. Drawing together many writings that have never been published or have been published in obscure journals or newspapers,iRebels in Law/iis a groundbreaking study. In addition, it offers historical background information on each writer and on the history of black women lawyers. Providing an opportunity to study the origins of black women as professionals, community leaders, wives, mothers, and feminists, it will be of interest to scholars in the fields of law, history, political science, sociology, black studies and women's studies.br/divDIVJ. Clay Smith, Jr., is Professor of Law, Howard University Law School. He was formerly a member of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Dean of Howard University Law School, and President of the Washington Bar Association. He is the author ofiEmancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1@0°£×=qÿ¾Û€  (less)