An Oregon CrusaderBinfords & Mort, 1955 - 246 pages Covers Editor George Putnam's fight, in Medford in 1907-08, with an arrogant group of county politicians and a trial by a circuit judge who ignored the spirit of the Bills of Rights and the plain mandate of the Oregon statute. Additional sections deal with Mr. Putnam's crusades against the Ku Klux Klan and lawless forces controlling some of the Oregon labor unions. |
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