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Author:

Stehman, Peter, author.

Title:

Patriotic murder : a World War I hate crime for Uncle Sam / Peter Stehman.

Publisher:

Potomac BooksAn imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Prager, Robert,--1888-1918.
World War (1914-1918)
Germans--Collinsville.--Collinsville.
Lynching--Collinsville.--Collinsville.
Collinsville (Ill.)--History.
Coal mines and mining--Collinsville.--Collinsville.
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States.
Coal mines and mining.
Germans.
Lynching.
Social aspects.
Illinois--Collinsville.
United States.
1914-1918
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Collinsville, Illinois : April 4, 1918, 11:30 p.m -- A small town, a great war -- United we stand : the miners and their union -- You are either for us or against us -- A little tar might help -- I am heart and soul for the good old USA -- I want to tell and get it off my mind -- A farcical patriotic orgy -- It seems a nightmare.

Summary:

"Peter Stehman resurrects the details of a sinister World War I hate crime perpetrated on American soil against a German immigrant. During a time when America had been whipped into an intolerant patriotic frenzy by government propaganda and hate mongering, this story illuminates a dark past that still bleeds into today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1612349846
9781612349848

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031905676

LCCN:

2017053879

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)