Walls And Bars
Eugene Debs ran for President 5 times as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America. The last being in 1920 while he was in a fe3deral penitentiary. He received nearly 1,000,000 votes in that election. He had been convicted by a federal court in 1918 uder the wartime espionage law because he spoke out against the war in Europe. Throughout his life he had been a tireless political and labor activist and leader. This book is his story while in prison. It is a classic view of prisons by a great American during that time period. Eugene Debs is truly an American hero. He contracted an illiness while in prison and died in 1926. A Collector's Edition.
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Walls And Bars
Eugene Debs ran for President 5 times as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America. The last being in 1920 while he was in a fe3deral penitentiary. He received nearly 1,000,000 votes in that election. He had been convicted by a federal court in 1918 uder the wartime espionage law because he spoke out against the war in Europe. Throughout his life he had been a tireless political and labor activist and leader. This book is his story while in prison. It is a classic view of prisons by a great American during that time period. Eugene Debs is truly an American hero. He contracted an illiness while in prison and died in 1926. A Collector's Edition.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781934568132 |
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Publisher: | Frederick Ellis |
Publication date: | 06/01/2007 |
Pages: | 264 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d) |
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