This first illustrated, annotated version of the American classic was highly praised when it was first released, as much for John Hallwas's insightful introduction as for the work of Edgar Lee Masters.
This first illustrated, annotated version of the American classic was highly praised when it was first released, as much for John Hallwas's insightful...
Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career, and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases, had a lasting impact on his community.
Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This account of a strugg...
