Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall: Exposing Graft And The 1936 Pulitzer Prize

On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state s attorney general. These explosive exposes earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall s incendiary crusade across Iowa s political landscape."

• | Author: Jerry Harrington
• | Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• | Publication Date: Jan 09, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 146 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1540214303
• | ISBN-13: 9781540214300