[RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] CUNNINGHAM, William

The Green Corn Rebellion

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); olive green cloth, with titling and cornstalk device stamped in black on spine and front cover; [vi],[2],3-302,[4]pp. Spine gently sunned, moderate wear to extremities, foxing to text edges, with a few spots of white paint spatter to rear cover; contemporary ownership signature of Elizabeth Prestopino on front pastedown; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket.

Cunningham's first book, and one of the 20th century's criminally under-appreciated anti-war novels. "The Green Corn Rebellion – the incident is so named in the War Department Archives – describes the armed uprising, in August, 1917, of a number of Oklahoma farmers who intended not only to seize power in the state, but to march on Washington, force an end to the war, and establish a cooperative commonwealth" (Rideout, p.195). HANNA 866.

Price: $350.00

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