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| Contents Introduction • ix Note on the Text • xiii part one 1 Sudden Death • 3 2 “This Human Flotsam” • 9 3 Crime Wave • 22 4 “Organize! O Toilers” • 34 5 Constructing a Case • 58 6 “Conscription Was Upon Them” • 63 7 Dry Run at Plymouth • 75 8 “Terrorist Plot Is Seen” • 96 part two 9 Dedham: Curtain Rising • 125 10 Docket Nos. 5545 and 5546 • 132 11 Dedham: Curtain Falling • 162 part three 12 Prison Crucible • 177 13 Battles In and Out of Court • 200 14 Clinging to Razor Blades • 220 15 Groundswell • 245 16 Brink • 255 17 Afterlives • 272 18 Two Mysteries • 288 Acknowledgments • 311 List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes • 313 Notes • 315 Selected Bibliography • 367 Index • 373 ...

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