Francis Russell
Francis Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. He attended Boston-area schools and during World War II was a captain in the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders. He is the author of Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case , which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Russell died in 1989.
Francis Russell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. He attended Boston-area schools and during World War II was a captain in the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders. He is the author of Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case , which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Russell died in 1989. See less
Francis Russell's Featured Books
Francis Russell book reviews
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A City in Terror: 2the 1919 Boston Police Strike
Boston 1919
This book discusses the plight of Boston's thousand plus police officers while Woodrow Wilson was still in office. It is important in that the Massachusetts Governor, Coolidge, countermanded Boston ... Read More
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Sacco and Vanzetti: The Case Resolved
Some truth at last
A book that deals with facts, with no prejudice or layer upon layer of demagoguery.
It does not follow the story according to chronology, but explains it in different chapters dealing with different ... Read More
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Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case
by TA18, May 10, 2007
Excellent history of this historic case. I feel a special tie to it, since I am originally
from southeastern Massachusetts, where the events took place. With the present
political debate in progress, ... Read More
