Thompson, Heather Ann,  1963- <br/><br/>
Blood in the water :  the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy / 
Heather Ann Thompson. 
 - First edition. 
 - xvii, 724 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: State secrets -- The tinderbox: Frank "Big Black" Smith -- Power and politics unleashed: Michael Smith -- The sound before the fury: Tom Wicker -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined: Tony Strollo -- Reckonings and reactions: Robert Douglass -- Inquiries and diversions: Anthony Simonetti -- Justice on trial: Ernest Goodman -- Blowing the whistle: Malcolm Bell -- David and Goliath: Elizabeth Fink -- A final fight: Deanne Quinn Miller. 
<br/><br/> "Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice--in time for the forty-fifth anniversary of the events"-- 
<br/><br/> Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, 2017  Finalist, National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2016 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375423222 (hardback) 0375423222 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40026553105 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016000477 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Attica Prison.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prison riots--New York (State)<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.<br/>HISTORY--State & Local--Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ.--United States<br/>Criminal law.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 9475 .N716 T46 2016