[Item #32198] American Voices / The People Ask for Peace! Walter LOWENFELS.

American Voices / The People Ask for Peace!

Philadelphia: Whittier Press, N.d. [1953]. Second Printing. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed self-wrappers; 7pp. Hint of oxidation at staples, else Fine. Endorsement by Howard Fast at head of rear wrapper; with details of Smith Act proceedings and advertisement for autographed copies.

Early (contemporary) reprint of Lowenfels's long poem criticizing America's entry into the Korean conflict, written weeks before his own arrest, trial, and conviction under the Smith Act in July, 1953. This long poem marked Lowenfels' return to poetry after a nearly twenty-year hiatus, and is the signal work of his later period. The second of three contemporary printings; there is no printing statement other than blurb on rear wrapper: "Shortly after the first printing...the author...was arrested under the Smith Act." Later printings are identified.

Price: $30.00

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