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Biographical Books, 1876-1949


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"This book is a companion volume to Biographical books, 1950-1980, completing a comprehensive one hundred and five year bibliography of biographical and autobiographical works published or distributed in the United States"--Preface.




Writings of Eugene V Debs


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A collection of speeches, pamphlets and writings from Eugene V Debs, from 1888 to 1925. Beginning his career as an organizer for the American Railway Union, Debs ran for President on the Socialist Party ticket five times, polling up to 6 percent of the total vote in 1912. Jailed in 1919 for an antiwar speech in Ohio, Debs ran for President from his jail cell in 1920, polling almost a million votes, 3.4 percent of the total votes cast.




Rowena Teena Tot and the Blackberries,


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Written by Fannie Burgheim Blumberg, this delightful children's story will captivate young readers with its charming characters and engaging plot. Rowena Teena Tot is a plucky young girl who sets out to pick blackberries with her friends, but gets lost in the process. Will she find her way back home? This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Eugene V. Debs


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Traces the life of the controversial American socialist and social reformer and assesses his role in American history.




Walls and Bars


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Eugene Debs, labor organizer and leader of the Socialist Party, describes his experience at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was imprisoned at the age of 63 for 32 months for criticizing the government's jailing of Americans who opposed World War I.




Looking Backward: 2000-1887


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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1887. According to Erich Fromm, Looking Backward is "one of the most remarkable books ever published in America".




Eugene V. Debs


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Eugene V. Debs: Socialist for President, first published in 1962, is a fascinating account of the heady days of American socialism in the early 1900s, the five campaigns of its dogged leader Eugene Debs, and the struggles of the labor movement. Included are 8 pages of illustrations.




Prison Blossoms


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Published here for the first time is a crucial document in the history of American radicalism—the "Prison Blossoms," a series of essays, narratives, poems, and fables composed by three activist anarchists imprisoned for the 1892 assault on anti-union steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick.