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1 sty 2001 · “Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America,” by J. Anthony Lukas is a big, scholarly telling of a gripping story, in 875 pages (including extensive notes and index).
2 paź 2024 · In "Big Trouble," Lukas chronicles the rise of private detectives in America's justice system, the ongoing feuds between labor and big business at the...
5 sty 1998 · Panelists discussed the book, [Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America] by J. Anthony Lukas. Mr. Lukas died last June and the book was...
17 lip 2012 · In its capacity to translate historical facts into an engrossing, insightful read, Big Trouble stands as a final testament to Lukas's well-deserved reputation as a top reporter of America's growing pains.
14 paź 1997 · Recounts the trial of a radical union leader for the murder of Idaho's former state governor, a case that ultimately involved President Theodore Roosevelt and the tumultuous relationship between capital, labor, and the law in the 1900s. 100,000 first printing. Tour.
When Pinkerton operative James McParland (one of the book's many titanic personalities) emerges as a key player in the prosecution's efforts to convict William Haywood, Charles Moyer, and George Pettibone, Lukas pauses to recap the history of private detective agencies—in England as well as America.
Big Trouble begins on a snowy evening at Christmastime 1905 in the little town of Caldwell, Idaho, to which the state's former governor, Frank Steunenberg, had...
