Violence in America: An Encyclopedia (Three Volume Set)

This set is called an encyclopedia, but it is much more than that. It is actually a positively fascinating history of the United States, from the 17th through the 20th centuries. In here you will read about the seemly endless variety of individual and collective violence in American history,e.g.; the Salem witch trials, Dred Scott, Mormon Mountain Meadow Massacre, Long Walk of the Navajo, Presidential Assassinations, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the Hatfield-McCoy feud, John Dillinger, Zoot-Suit Riot, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Ed Gein, Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1968 Tet Offensive, Charles Manson, My Lai Massacre, Pan Am flight 103, Ted Bundy, Bombing of World Trade Center, Bernhard Goetz (The "Subway Vigilante"), Dan White (remember the "Twinkie defense?), etc.. 595 entries by 444 contributors, with approximately 460 photographs, charts, graphs, and other illustrative materials. A great reference tool, but for those of us who have actually lived through the last 50 years or so, a trip down memory lane!