Francis Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. He attended Boston-area schools and during World War II was a captain in the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders. He is the author of Tragedy in Dedham- The Story of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case, which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Russell died in 1989.
The Boston Police Strike, long forgotten and too long ignored, is
here described with great drama and verve by Francis Russell. It is
an extraordinary moment in the history of Boston, as well as an
important event in the nation's labor history.--Howard Zinn, author
of A People's History of the United States
"Francis Russell is wonderfully aware of the subtle but important
distinctions of class and neighborhood that have been so much a
part of Boston's history. A City in Terror is well written, full of
shrewd social analysis and cultural history, and provides an
account that gives perspective to today's serious
confrontations."--Robert Coles, New York Review of Books
"Compelling and lively . . . A City in Terror has plenty of drama
and heroes and villains. Russell is at home in the history of the
era and in Massachusetts, and he tells his story well; A City in
Terror makes stimulating reading." --David M. Reimers, American
Historical Review
"A fascinating study and social history of one of the strangest
episodes in American labor history . . . as well as an
unforgettable lesson in the machinations of big-city and state
politics."--The New Republic
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