{"product_id":"patriotic-murder-peter-stehman-9781612349848","title":"Patriotic Murder: A World War I Hate Crime for Uncle Sam","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Prager, a lonely German immigrant searching for the American dream, was probably the most shameful U.S. casualty of World War I. From coast to coast, Americans had been whipped into a patriotic frenzy by a steady diet of government propaganda and hate-mongering. In Collinsville, Illinois, an enraged, drunken mob hung Prager from a tree just after midnight on April 5, 1918. Coal miners in the St. Louis suburb would show the nation they were doing their patriotic part--that they, too, were fighting the fight. And who would stop them anyway? Not the alderman or businessmen who watched silently. Not the four policemen who let Prager from their custody, without drawing a weapon. And who would hold the mob leaders accountable? Certainly not the jury that took just ten minutes to acquit them, all while a band played \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" in the courthouse lobby. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Peter Stehman sheds light on the era's hijacking of civil liberties and a forgotten crime some might say has fallen prey to \"patriotic amnesia.\" Unfortunately, the lessons from \u003cem\u003ePatriotic Murder\u003c\/em\u003e on intolerance and hate still resonate today as anti-immigration rhetoric and ?er-nationalism have resurfaced in American political discussion a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Stehman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a local Collinsville, Illinois, historian and writer. He is a retired City of Collinsville fire chief and has written numerous articles on public safety. He has held a lifelong interest in the Robert Prager tragedy and the environment that enabled it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Stehman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612349846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612349848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 7.77w x 1.10d","brand":"Peter Stehman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44616693350655,"sku":"9781612349848","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4349fa0-fdfe-42a2-ae77-064b895f04dd.jpg?v=1703021768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patriotic-murder-peter-stehman-9781612349848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}