GARY DEAN BEST is Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He is the author of The Politics of American Individualism (Greenwood, 1975), To Free A People (Greenwood, 1982), Pride, Prejudice, and Politics (Praeger, 1991), FDR and the Bonus Marchers, 1933-1935 (Praeger, 1992), The Critical Press and The New Deal (Praeger, 1993), Nickel and Dime Decade (Praeger, 1993), as well as numerous essays for scholarly books and journals. He has held fellowships from the American Historical Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan, 1974-75.

• Introduction In The Land of the "Lonesome Pine" The Death of Trigg Maxwell Preparations, Publicity, and Prosecution The Defense Verdict and Reaction Edith Tells Her Story Challenging the Verdict Preparing for the Second Trial The Second Trial Prison and Pardon Postmortems Sources Index

GARY DEAN BEST is Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He is the author of The Politics of American Individualism (Greenwood, 1975), To Free A People (Greenwood, 1982), Pride, Prejudice, and Politics (Praeger, 1991), FDR and the Bonus Marchers, 1933-1935 (Praeger, 1992), The Critical Press and The New Deal (Praeger, 1993), Nickel and Dime Decade (Praeger, 1993), as well as numerous essays for scholarly books and journals. He has held fellowships from the American Historical Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan, 1974-75.

• Introduction In The Land of the "Lonesome Pine" The Death of Trigg Maxwell Preparations, Publicity, and Prosecution The Defense Verdict and Reaction Edith Tells Her Story Challenging the Verdict Preparing for the Second Trial The Second Trial Prison and Pardon Postmortems Sources Index