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  • Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-
     
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    Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy / Heather Ann Thompson.
    by Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-
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    Pantheon Books, c2016.
    Call #:365.9747 T472b
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  • Attica Prison.
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  • Prison riots -- New York (State).
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  • Pulitzer Prize for Works of History.
  • ISBN: 
    9780375423222 (hc.)
    0375423222 (hc.)
    Description: 
    xvii, 724 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
    Notes: 
    Maps on lining papers.
    Bibliography: 
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index.
    Contents: 
    The tinderbox -- Power and politics unleashed -- The sound before the fury -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined -- Reckonings and reactions -- Inquiries and diversions -- Justice on trial -- Blowing the whistle -- David and Goliath -- A final fight.
    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--in time for the forty-fifth anniversary of the events"--From publisher.
    Awards: 
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, 2017.
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