Letters of Eugene V. Debs : 1919-1926 / Volume 3,
edited by J. Robert Constantine.
- Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 1990.
- xxxi, 642 : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Letter of Eugene V. Debs Volume 3 .
- Letters of Eugene V. Debs .
Includes index. Table of contents lists letters in chronological order (pages v-xxv).
"Eugene V. Debs's journey from the Hoosier conservatism of his youth to the committed radicalism for which he is best remembered is chronicled in his extensive correspondence. The letters in Volume 3 reveal how Debs continued his political activism from a federal prison in Atlanta, where he made a fifth and final run for the presidency. Released from prison in late 1921, Debs was in severely deteriorating health. In 1923 he became national chairman of the Socialist party. He founded a weekly paper called the American Appeal shortly before his death in October 1926. The three volumes of Debs's correspondence contain more than 1,500 of the 10,000 extant letters to and from Debs during his controversial lifetime. J. Robert Constantine spent more than a dozen years compiling, editing, and annotating this collection. Reading Debs's correspondence with the leaders and foot soldiers of the major social movements of his time helps trace the progress of such struggles as woman suffrage, prison reform, abolition of child labor, early attacks on Jim Crow laws, and opposition to war." -- from the dust jacket