![]() ![]() Anthony etc.) he was forerunner in advocating unionization of industry rather than craft he was an external but vital factor in the Pullman strike, in the founding of the I.W.W., he pulled out of his party-split it rather-in his determination to win by pacifism rather than by violence. Debs was head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, as its inspiration, as well as secretary and treasurer he supported what then seemed lost causes (Robert Ingersoll - Susan B. The great value of this look lies not in the emotional and occasionally sentimental picture of Debs as a selfless leader, a fiery figure in the labor picture, a man who sacrificed his home, his wife (for long years his private ""adversary in the house""), his family, for the cause- but in the historical aspects of the movement itself in its early struggles. Socialism and the labor problem do not command a wide book market - and Debs built his life around these two things. Better from the sales angle than They Also Ran, because the interest is focussed on one character- Eugene Debs but not in the class with Immortal Wife or Lust for Life. ![]() To be sure, it is reasonable that he should add Politics and Social Problems to his broad canvas of fictional biography:- Art, Marriage, in these lay his greatest popular success. ![]() This should appeal to those who liked Howard Fast's The American almost more than to the usually predictable Irving Stone audience. ![]()
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