Iron City : a novel

by Lloyd L. Brown

Paper Book, 1994

Description

Iron City is based on an actual court case and inspired by the author's experiences as a labor organizer and political prisoner. This well-crafted novel tells the story of Lonnie James, a black youth falsely convicted of-and sentenced to death for-the murder of a white businessman. From inside the “iron city” of a state penitentiary in a northern steel town, three black Communist prisoners spearhead a fight to save Lonnie James's life. In advancing the author's controversial socialist vision of black and white proletarian solidarity, Iron City unflinchingly confronts race relations in mid-twentieth-century America inside and outside prison walls.

Status

Available

Call number

813/.54

Genres

Publication

Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1994.

Language

ISBN

1555532063 / 9781555532062
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