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	The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs by Ray Ginger
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 335.3092 EAN 9781931859400 ISBN 193185940X Manufacturer Haymarket Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 540 Publication Date January 01, 2007 Publisher Haymarket Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.-Eugene Debs in 1918 This moving biography presents the definitive story of the life and legacy of the most eloquent spokesperson and leader of the US labor and socialist movements. With a new introduction by Mike Davis. Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.-Eugene Debs in 1918 This moving biography presents the definitive story of the life and legacy of the most eloquent spokesperson and leader of the US labor and socialist movements. With a new introduction by Mike Davis. Ray Ginger was the author of many books on American history. Customers who bought this item also bought The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) Anarchism and Other Essays Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist (The Working Class in American History) Customer Reviews for: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs Rating - dated but good A decent, if dated, biography of Eugene V. Debs first published in the 1940's. Author Ray Ginger has a stilted and rather dated style of narrative writing reminiscent of the 19th century classic style. Ginger used good sources and information for his biography but none of it's footnoted so good luck tracking down anything that you might wish to find out more about. But that's what happens when you go back six decades for your sources. I ... Read More Rating - The authoritative biography of the best American who ever lived Ray Ginger's absolutely authoritative biography of the great man, Eugene Debs, deserves as wide a reading audience as can possibly be achieved. In this marvellous, well-written and well-researched book, the life and times of Eugene Debs are made accessible to the people of today (or rather, 1947, but it is equally readable now), and thanks to the Haymarket Books reprint Debs can continue to inspire all men of good will even now. The book ... Read More Rating - An Amazing Life Story This is a beautiful portrait of America's foremost labor leader Eugene Debs---his transformation from conservative union official to revolutionary socialist. I've always admired Debs, but honestly didn't know the half of his life, personality or politics before reading Ginger's biography of him. This book is a treasure for socialists, radicals and other activists. Every page is engaging, every chapter is a lesson without didacticism. Rating - An amazing, in-depth portrait of one of the most eloquent speakers of the socialist movement. Originally published in 1947, The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs is now in a new 2007 edition featuring an introduction by historian Mike Davis. The Bending Cross unapologetically advocates activism in its story of the life of railway organizer and socialist Eugene Debs. Yet though Debs devoted his life and his passion to his cause, neither did he turn away from people who were nonpolitical, or even anti-socialist, in their hour of ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Ray Ginger

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