The Sacco-Vanzetti case /

The Sacco-Vanzetti case /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927, defendant.
Imprint:	[Birmingham, AL] : Notable Trials Library, ©1990.
Description:	xv, 550, xv pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Notable trials library Notable trials library.
Subject:	Parmenter, Frederick Albert, -- 1874-1920. Berardelli, Alessandro, -- -1920. Berardelli, Alessandro, -- -1920 Parmenter, Frederick Albert, -- 1874-1920 Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921. Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Dedham. Trials (Murder) Massachusetts -- Dedham.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12760669

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Other authors / contributors:	Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927, defendant. Fraenkel, Osmond K. (Osmond Kessler), 1888-1983. Massachusetts. Superior Court (Norfolk County)
Provenance:	"This special edition ... has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library. The introduction was written for this edition by Alan M. Dershowitz ... Film was prepared from the first edition of 1931. New type matter was composed by P & M Typesetting, Inc. in Janson. The text paper was especially made for this edition by the P.H. Glatfelter Company. The volume has been quarter-bound in genuine leather by Arcata Graphics/Sherwood. Endleaves are a specially commissioned original marbled design of Iris Nevins. Edges are gilded; the spine is stamped in 22-karat gold. Cover stampings and design of the edition by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer."
Notes:	Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, ©1931. New introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Narrative. A brief survey; The trial for murder; The motions and the appeals; Sentence of death
Appendix: The Bridgewater hold-up
Part II: Analysis. Identification testimony; Sacco's pistol, the bullets and the shells; The caps; Vanzetti's revolver and Berardelli's; Consciousness of guilt and the issue of radicalism; The alibis of the defendants; Medeiros and the Morellis; The charge of prejudice against Judge Thayer.