Muckrakers 1917

In 1917, Henry Carter and Etta Pearce are reporters for the Bisbee, Arizona newspaper. They are dedicated and driven to find the truth, no matter the cost. Following the backlash after Carter's scathing report on the deportation of striking IWW mine workers, Pearce joins him to cover a murder trial in Texas. There they discover that the authorities likely used unorthodox and illegal methods to convict the alleged assailant. Later, the pair's muckraking expose a political assassination in Phoenix during the Spanish Flu epidemic, they learn the true cost of their efforts.

Bruce Wilson is an adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Western New Mexico University. He earned a BA in Business at Cal-State Fullerton in 1968 and his Masters Degree in English and History in 2010 at WNMU. A life-long student of American History, once he retired from corporate America, he melded his interest in history with his skills as a wordsmith and created three historical fiction novels. The first two won several literary awards upon their publication, and the third will soon be released.