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Harrington, Jerry.
Crusading Iowa journalist Verne Marshall :
exposing graft and the 1936 Pulitzer prize /
Jerry Harrington.
Charleston, S.C. :
The History Press,
2017.
141 p. :
ill., facsimiles, ports. ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
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 exposés 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.
20200505.
Marshall, Verne
1889-1965.
Journalists
United States
Biography.
Journalists.
Biography.
United States.