The Best News Stories of 1924

x, 331 pp. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4. A collection of the most compelling news stories of 1924, including coverage of: the democratic convention; the Leopold-Loeb trial; Bishop Brown's heresy trial; the first train to reach Harney County, Oregon; the death of Frankie Jerome; Nellie Morse's win at the Preakness; the Carpentier-Tunney fight; Teapot Dome; the death of the bog iron industry; Fifth Avenue's centennial; the Panama Canal; Pershing; Roebling; and the first Native American Senator, Charles Curtis.