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When is violence a justifiable response to political or economic oppression? In her second historical novel (after A Soldier's Book) Higgins paints a vivid picture of the tumultuous times surrounding the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, a period during which anarchists and their fiery anticapitalist rhetoric were particular objects of fear and suspicion in the American imagination. Focusing heavily on pro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More