Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall
Exposing Graft and the 1936 Pulitzer Prize
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
| Author: | Jerry Harrington | ISBN: | 9781439659199 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | January 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jerry Harrington |
| ISBN: | 9781439659199 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | January 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state�s attorney general. These explosive expos�s earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall�s incendiary crusade across Iowa�s political landscape.
On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state�s attorney general. These explosive expos�s earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall�s incendiary crusade across Iowa�s political landscape.
