pt. 1. Walter's story -- ch. 1. Prairie activist -- ch. 2. Roaring twenties -- ch. 3. Freelance writer, freelance radical -- ch. 4. Meanwhile, in Minnesota -- ch. 5. Return to Minnesota -- ch. 6. Break with Olson -- ch. 7. Move to danger -- ch. 8. Framed and beaten up -- ch. 9. On trial -- pt. 2. Death in an alley -- ch. 10. Crescendo of horror -- ch. 11. Last day : family recollections -- ch. 12. Cops arrive, a little late, with their notebooks -- ch. 13. Word goes out -- ch. 14. No time to mourn -- pt. 3. Edith's story -- ch. 15. Aftermath of murder -- ch. 16. Hard times -- ch. 17. Kid Cann beats the rap -- ch. 18. Loose ends -- ch. 19. Home to Brooklyn
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