Labor and Freedom; The Voice and Pen of Eugene V. Debs

St. Louis: Phil Wagner, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light gray/blue cloth. Very good. 176 pages. 17 x 11.5 cm. Last not numbered Contents page presents topics and speeches. Introduction by Henry Thomas Tichnor. Debs, a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. He was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Debs dropped out of high school at age of 14 to work on the Railroad. He was indicted and imprisoned for treason for his opposition to the US entry into World War I. Interior contents clean and fresh. Wear to backstrip head and foot, rubbing to corners, and two small paint spots front cover. (Inventory #: 24355)