James B. McNamara

James B. McNamara
McNamara c. 1911
Born1882
DiedMarch 8, 1941(1941-03-08) (aged 58–59)
Known forLos Angeles Times bombing

James B. McNamara (AKA J.B. McNamara or JB) (1882 – March 8, 1941) was a 20th-century American labor unionist, best known for his involvement in the McNamara Case as the bomber of the Los Angeles Times building.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Berkowitz, Aaron Max (2007). "McNamara Brothers". In Arnesen, Eric (ed.). Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 868–869.
  2. ^ "Inventory of the James B. and John J. McNamara Papers, 1905-1961". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ Philip Taft (1970). The A.F. of L. in the Time of Gompers. Octagon. pp. 275–277, 281–283. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. ^ Joseph G. Rayback (1950). A History of American Labor. Macmillan. pp. 220–221. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ^ Joseph T. McCann (2006). Terrorism on American Soil: A Concise History of Plots and Perpetrators from the Famous to the Forgotten. Sentient Publications. pp. 35–39. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ^ Ortie E. McManigal (1913). The Dynamite Plot: Being the authentic account of the attempts of Union Labor to destroy the Structural Iron Industry. The Neale Company. pp. 18 (cornered rate), 38 (clock machine), 86–87 (own arrest), 89 (brother's arrest). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ Lew Irwin (2013). Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 25–26, 35–38, 45–46, 69–73, 80–82, 134–138, 151, 155–156, 163–170, 173–175, 180, 185–200, 211–218, 229–230, 234–235, 256–257, 263, 273, 282, 286–290, 296–298, 300, 306–308, 329, 335. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ Andrew Rolle; Arthur C. Verge (2014). California: A History. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 256–258. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ William Deverell; Greg Hise, eds. (2010). A Companion to Los Angeles. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 193 (Otis), 195 (McNamara). Retrieved 27 July 2023.