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Sacco, Vanzetti controversy revived by Web.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20020820
Author:Schorow, Stephanie

As a kid, I picked up a copy of "Boston" by Upton Sinclair and became captivated by its fictional retelling of the 1921 Sacco and Vanzetti murder case. Later, as an adult, I didn't realize how many others were also fascinated by the case - until the Web emerged.

It's strange juxtaposition: the tool of the new economy and the case of two Italian anarchists convicted of a payroll robbery and murder who were executed 75 years ago Friday. But that's the Web for you; not only does it record history, it also keeps alive controversy and conspiracy theories thought to have been ...

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