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Walls and Bars

Eugene Debs

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Synergy International of the Americas
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2007
  • Pages: 264
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.75in - 1.23lb
  • EAN: 9781934568132
  • Categories: History & Theory - GeneralUnited States - GeneralSociology - General