Profoundly happy to welcome Jess Walter on to talk about his brand new book, The Cold Millions, which you can buy starting TODAY from literally anywhere books are sold because the man is a damn phenomenon.
And while you CAN buy this book anywhere, I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Wishing Tree Books for lending me their advance copy to make this review happen.When you buy this book, for the love of God, buy it from a local independent seller like Wishing Tree or Aunties or -- ideally, both. Buy one from each place and give one to a friend!
SUPPLEMENTS
Show Town: Theater and Culture in the Pacific Northwest by Holly George
Harry McClintock “Hallelujah! I’m a Bum” Early recording
Little Red Songbook first published in Spokane in 1909
Citations Needed episode discussing "Hallelujah!..." in the context of populist folk and country contrasted with Country's reactionary turn
TRUE CRIME
Dashiell Hammett’s Spokane detour in The Maltese Falcon.
Hammett claimed to have been offered $5,000 dollars to murder IWW leader Frank Little.
Little was later lynched in Butte Montana. 10,000 people walked in his funeral procession.
EPISODE 016 | A Serious Case of the Wobblies feat. Jess Walter