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From John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.. In the early 1920s, a Red Scare gripped America. Many of those targeted were Italians, Eastern Europeans, and other immigrants.. When an armed robbery resulting in the death of two people broke headlines in Massachusetts, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti -- both Italian immigrants -- were quick to be accused.. A heated trial ensued, but through it all, the two men maintained their innocence. The controversial case quickly rippled past borders as it became increasingly clear that Sacco and Vanzetti were fated for a death sentence. Protests sprang up around the world to fight for their lives.
About the Author
John Florio was raised in Flushing, NY. He credits the streets of Queens as one of his earliest influences, along with black-and-white movies, old superhero comics, Sports Illustrated, Humphrey Bogart, and the Hardy Boys.A fan of pop fiction and creative nonfiction, Florio is the author of the historical crime novels, Sugar Pop Moon and Blind Moon Alley. With Ouisie Shapiro, he wrote the nonfiction books, War in the Ring, One Nation Under Baseball, and One Punch from the Promised Land. Florio and Shapiro are contributors to the New Yorker and the Atlantic; their work has also been seen in the New York Times, the Undefeated, VICE, and Sports Illustrated. Florio holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine, an MA from New York University, and an MBA from St. John's University. He currently serves on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA creative writing program at the University of Southern Maine.Visit John Florio at johnfloriowriter.com.
