2011.01.24: January 24, 2011: Costa Rica RPCV Bruce Watson writes chronicle of the controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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2011.01.24: January 24, 2011: Costa Rica RPCV Bruce Watson writes chronicle of the controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Costa Rica RPCV Bruce Watson writes chronicle of the controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
While researching his book in 2005 and 2006, Watson who speaks Italian, traveled to Italy to visit the hometowns of both men who were executed on August 23, 1927, for the murder of two payroll clerks in South Braintree following an emotionally-charged trial in which they were branded as anarchists seeing to overthrow the U.S. government. Watson said his research uncovered new evidence that has been overlooked for decades and affects one's judgement about the fairness of the two men's trial.
Costa Rica RPCV Bruce Watson writes chronicle of the controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco & Vanzetti talk at Framingham Library rescheduled for March 30
By Chris Bergeron/DAILY NEWS STAFF
Posted Jan 24, 2011 @ 06:43 PM
Last update Jan 25, 2011 @ 03:14 PM
FRAMINGHAM -
Historian Bruce Watson will discuss his critically praised chronicle of the controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m. in the Costin Room at the Framingham Library.
This date is a postponment because of snow from the original Jan. 26 date.
Now living in western Massachusetts., Watson said he'll discuss and sign copies his book "Sacco & Vanzetti: The Men, The Murders and the Judgement of Mankind,'' which was nominated for an Edgar Award in the True Fact / Crime category.
The New York Times wrote that Watson's book "does a great service in rescuing fact from the haze of legend.''
While researching his book in 2005 and 2006, Watson who speaks Italian, traveled to Italy to visit the hometowns of both men who were executed on August 23, 1927, for the murder of two payroll clerks in South Braintree following an emotionally-charged trial in which they were branded as anarchists seeing to overthrow the U.S. government.
Watson said his research uncovered new evidence that has been overlooked for decades and affects one's judgement about the fairness of the two men's trial.
A frequent contributor to Smithsonian magazine, he has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica and later worked as a bartender, teacher, factory hand and journalist.
Watson's fourth and most recent book is "Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy,'' which "Publisher's Weekly described as "mesmirizing history.''
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