Reviews

"James Green tells a powerful story of Chicago, America and the industrial world of the nineteenth century. His talents as a historian and a writer bring to life social and political struggles that helped make modern American society."
--Steven Hahn, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Nation Under our Feet"
"Green's re-creation of this terrible moment exposes the deep divisions that marred America at the dawn of the industrial age. As the nation again struggles with wrenching economic change, we need to hear the story that "Death in the Haymarket" so passionately tells."
--Kevin Boyle, National Book Award winning author of "Arc of Justice
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"The Haymarket affair was a pivotal event in United States history. Green explains its significance with a scholar's sure grasp of context and a storyteller's skill at weaving a dramatic narrative."
--Michael Kazin, author of "A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan"
"Armed with the research tools of the historian and the literary skill of the novelist, Green tells the dramatic story of Haymarket and of the world of Chicago labor in the late nineteenth century better than it has ever been told before."
--Eric Foner, author of "The Story of American Freedom"
"It's about time that the great dramas in the rise of an American labor movement earned center stage in the history of American capitalism. "Death in the Haymarket" is a great read--and a required one."
--Lizabeth Cohen, author of "A Consumers' Republic"
"Filled with the suspense of a good novel, "Death in the Haymarket" vividly illuminates the shifting industrial terrain of late nineteenth-century America. This is a work of art as well ashistory."
--Alice Kessler-Harris, Bancroft Prize winning author of "In Pursuit of Equity"

" James Green tells a powerful story of Chicago, America and the industrial world of the nineteenth century. His talents as a historian and a writer bring to life social and political struggles that helped make modern American society."
-- Steven Hahn, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Nation Under our Feet"
" Green' s re- creation of this terrible moment exposes the deep divisions that marred America at the dawn of the industrial age. As the nation again struggles with wrenching economic change, we need to hear the story that "Death in the Haymarket" so passionately tells."
-- Kevin Boyle, National Book Award winning author of "Arc of Justice
"
" The Haymarket affair was a pivotal event in United States history. Green explains its significance with a scholar' s sure grasp of context and a storyteller' s skill at weaving a dramatic narrative."
-- Michael Kazin, author of "A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan"
" Armed with the research tools of the historian and the literary skill of the novelist, Green tells the dramatic story of Haymarket and of the world of Chicago labor in the late nineteenth century better than it has ever been told before."
-- Eric Foner, author of "The Story of American Freedom"
" It' s about time that the great dramas in the rise of an American labor movement earned center stage in the history of American capitalism. "Death in the Haymarket" is a great read-- and a required one."
-- Lizabeth Cohen, author of "A Consumers' Republic"
" Filled with the suspense of a good novel,"Death in the Haymarket" vividly illuminates the shifting industrial terrain of late nineteenth-century America. This is a work of art as well as history."
-- Alice Kessler-Harris, Bancroft Prize winning author of "In Pursuit of Equity"