Battle for Athens
This poetry collection describes the Battle of Athens, Tennessee, which unraveled between August 1st and 2nd, 1946. When three thousand World War II veterans came back to their homes in McMinn County, they discovered an incredibly corrupt and oppressive government that engaged in false arrests, bribery, extortion and a long list of other crimes. The ex-G.I.s put together an all-G.I. ticket in the town elections for Sheriff and other major town offices. Over the course of the day, Senator Cantrell and Sheriff Mansfield, the corrupted opposing party, engaged in election fraud that went so far as to shoot Tom, a black farmer, for voting against…
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Weitere Autoren: Faktorovich, Anna (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-68114-162-6
- EAN: 9781681141626
- Produktnummer: 18802637
- Verlag: Anaphora Literary Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 58 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.6 cm 259 g
- Gewicht: 259
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