xi+414pp+illus. VG in blue cloth with gilt titles. Written while Sacco & Vanzetti were in Charlestown Prison, where they learned English,this selection from their correspondence provides a new insight into the events of this infamous case. Their letters provide an interesting view of their lives, beliefs, sufferings and opinions on their unjust sentences. Sacco maintained that their fate was inevitable due to the passionate hatred of them and their views. He felt many believed 'they ought to hang anyway' regardless of their guilt of the murders for which they were tried. Includes Index.

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