Paul M. Angle

Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness (1992)

Wow! Who knew the area I grew up near was so volitile?! This book recalls a span of about 50 years of the history of Williamson County, IL starting in the 1890s. It opens with a disturbing recap of the Herrin Massacre of 1921 in which several strikebreakers were executed by the striking miners wi...