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.
| ISBN: | 9781934568132 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2007 |
| Author: | Upton Sinclair |
| Publisher: | Synergy International of the Americas an imprint of Frederick Ellis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
Sociology Political science and theory |
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.
Walls and Bars features in the following genres: Sociology, Political science and theory
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Walls and Bars was written by Upton Sinclair and published by Synergy International of the Americas an imprint of Frederick Ellis
Walls and Bars has 264 pages