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Boston: a novel

By Upton Sinclair

Boston is a novel by Upton Sinclair. It is a "documentary novel" that combines the facts of the case with journalistic depictions of actual participants and fictional characters and events. Sinclair mixed his fictional characters into the prosecution and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. (This…

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Boston is a novel by Upton Sinclair. It is a "documentary novel" that combines the facts of the case with journalistic depictions of actual participants and fictional characters and events. Sinclair mixed his fictional characters into the prosecution and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

Subjects & Topics

Historical fictionLegal storiesSacco, Nicola, 1891-1927 -- FictionSacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921 -- FictionVanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927 -- Fiction

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Themes & Literary Context

As an enduring classic of Historical fiction, Boston: a novel explores core human themes of historical fiction, legal stories, sacco, nicola, 1891-1927. This verified public domain edition preserves the complete original text with in-browser privacy and full offline access.

Estimated Length approx. 65,000 words
Est. Reading Time 5 hours

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