Joe Hill was convicted of murder in Utah in 1914 and sentenced to death by firing squad. In the international controversy that ensued, many believed Hill was innocent but condemned for being a union man. Hill was executed. Author William M. Adler spent four years investigating the case, and wrote a biography about Joe Hill that reads like a murder mystery...and argues convincingly for Hill’s innocence. Adler's talk will incorporate music by local musician Chris Buhalis and will be followed by a book sale and signing.

In The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon, and in his other writings, Adler explores the intersection of individual lives and the larger forces of their times, and describes the gap between American ideals and American realities.