01646cam a2200289 4500 612773066 TxAuBib 20200505120000.0 160720s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016948313 9781467135979 paperback 1467135976 paperback (OCoLC)957522754 YDX eng YDX BDX OCLCQ YDX OCLCO NUI OCLCF IUL LJW DLC TxAuBib 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.