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A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike

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 | #500174 in Books |  Beacon Press |  2005-05-15 |  2005-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.50 x6.00l,.71 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Boston during the time of American Insanity in 1919|By Spencer Palmer|I only picked up this book after reading a small bit about Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike in another book. What can I say about the Boston Police Strike? What a shameful time in American History the Red Scare of 1919 to 1920 was. The Boston Policemen in 1919 were horribly underpaid, and| |The Boston Police Strike, long forgotten and too long ignored, is here described with great drama and verve by Francis Russell. It is an extraordinary moment in the history of Boston, as well as an important event in the nation's labor history.--Howard Zinn, a

On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Women were raped on street corners, stores were looted, and pedestrians were beaten and robbed while crowds not only looked on but cheered.

The police strike and the mayhem that followed made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a presi...

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