The Man Who Never Died: The Life Times and Legacy of Joe Hill American Labor Icon

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In 1914 Joe Hill was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad igniting international controversy. Many believed Hill was innocent condemned for his association with the Industrial Workers of the World -- the radical Wobblies. Now following four years of intensive investigation William M. Adler gives us the first full-scale biography of Joe Hill and presents never before published documentary evidence that comes as close as one can to definitively exonerating him.Joe Hills gripping tale is set against a brief but electrifying moment in American history between the centurys turn and World War I when the call for industrial unionism struck a deep chord among disenfranchised workers; when class warfare raged and capitalism was on the run. Hill was the unions preeminent songwriter and in death he became organized labors most venerated martyr celebrated by Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan and immortalized in the ballad "I Dreamed I Saw