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Author Metz, Holly.

Title Killing the poormaster : a saga of poverty, corruption, and murder in the Great Depression / Holly Metz.

Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 M56    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.1523 METZ    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 MET    Check Shelf
Description 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Murder -- New Jersey -- Hoboken -- Case studies.
Poor -- New Jersey -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Local Subject Poor people -- New Jersey -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Subject United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
ISBN 9781613744185
1613744188
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