Paul Avrich is Distinguished Professor of History at Queens College and the Graduate School, the City University of New York. His books include Anarchist Portraits and The Haymarket Tragedy, published by Princeton University Press.
"[Avrich] uses Italian sources to situate Sacco and Vanzetti within
the immigrant anarchist culture they devoted their lives to
advancing. This emphasis differentiates his book from those that
preceded it and constitutes his signal achievement.... In placing
Sacco and Vanzetti in this anarchist movement, Avrich greatly
expands our understanding of them and their circle."---Nick
Salvatore, The New York Times Book Review
"Reading [Sacco and Vanzetti] is like listening to a seasoned
virtuoso musician whose performance seems effortless in its
brilliance. [It] will be as compelling to the uninitiated student
as to the sophisticated scholar of anarchism."---Candace Falk, The
Journal of American History
"Avrich does away with the picture of innocent, hapless,
working-class immigrants brutalized by the state. Sacco and
Vanzetti were clearly victimized, but they were also militant
anarchists, part of a small circle that preached and practiced
revolutionary violence. Avrich relates their story with
intelligence, grace and drama."---Martin Blatt, The Nation
"The Sacco and Vanzetti case may never be fully resolved; but we
have Paul Avrich to thank for bringing us tantalizingly close to
the conclusion of a fascinating story."---George Esenwein, San
Francisco Review of Books
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