By Michael Collins Piper ∙ June 25, 1994
Michael Collins Piper (born Michael Bernard Piper; July 16, 1960 – May 2015) was a US writer and regular contributor to both The Spotlight and its successor, the American Free Pressy, newspapers founded and backed by the late Willis Carto.
Bibliographic information about this document: Michael Collins Piper, Best Witness: The Mel Mermelstein Affair and the Triumph of Historical Revisionism, Center for Historical Review, Washington, D.C. 1994
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