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Download or read book Shadow of the Racketeer written by David Scott Witwer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it

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