Blood in the water :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvii, 724 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Vintage Books, [2017]
Summary
Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice. Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research, Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this forty-five-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement.
Call Number
365.9747/THOMPSON H
Publication Date
2016-2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781400078240
Blood in the water :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvii, 724 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Pantheon Books, [2016]
Summary
On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed thirty-nine men--hostages as well as prisoners--and severely wounded more than one hundred others. In the ensuing hours, weeks, and months, troopers and officers brutally retaliated against the prisoners. Ultimately, New York State authorities prosecuted only the prisoners, never once bringing charges against the officials involved in the retaking and its aftermath and neglecting to provide support to the survivors and the families of the men who had been killed. Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this 45-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement. This book is the first full account of one of the most important civil rights stories of the last century.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Call Number
TRUE CRIME / PRISON / THO
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780375423222
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