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Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America (Reprint Edition) by James R. Green Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 1-4000-3322-5 / 1400033225 ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3322-5 / 9781400033225 On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it wo |