ALTGELD, John P[eter]

Live Questions: Including Our Penal Machinery and Its Victims [Presentation Copy]

Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1890. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Original green cloth, titled in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers; 320pp. Contemporary ink inscription to f.f.e.p.: "Compliments of the Author." Straight and tight, cloth rubbed,
textblock detached from case at front hinge, rear hinge half split, else clean: Good only.

John Altgeld (1847-1902), a Progressive Democrat, was the 20th Governor of Illinois, from 1893-1897. He supported labor interests, signing laws on workplace safety and child labor and refusing to break the Pullman strike. This book includes chapters on strikes, "Pensions for Soldiers," "The Abolition of Constables," and "The Eight-Hour Movement."

Price: $100.00

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