Working Class in American History: Eugene V. Debs : Citizen and Socialist (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

I read this because it in 1983 won the Bancroft Prize. It is the 36th such winner I have read. The author is quite sympathetic to Debs, though he does not hesitate to criticize him and point out his faults. But the book is not sprightly but is written rahter ploddingly. The long delving into intr...

from Schmerguls

I read this because it in 1983 won the Bancroft Prize. It is the 36th such winner I have read. The author is quite sympathetic to Debs, though he does not hesitate to criticize him and point out his faults. But the book is not sprightly but is written rahter ploddingly. The long delving into intr...

from walbat

Eugene Debs is now largely forgotten by all but historians, but in the first two decades of the twentieth century he was one of the most prominent and, by many, beloved political figures in America. A life-long labor leader, a charismatic spokesman for working people, and five-time Socialist cand...