Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty, Corruption, and Murder in the Great Depression by Holly Metz

Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty, Corruption, and Murder in the Great Depression

Holly Metz

308 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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On February 25, 1938, in the early days of the welfare system, the reviled poormaster Harry Barck--wielding power over who would receive public aid--died from a paper spike thrust into his heart. Barck was murdered, the prosecution would assert, b...

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