Download or read book The Committee of Vigilance written by Steven C. Levi and published by Academica PressLlc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses and analyzes the rise and fall of the last of the old western vigilance committees - and the rise of the first modern American committee devoted to ferreting out 'Un- American activities' among the laboring poor, union leaders, progressive politicians and social activists.