Up from the Streets A Life of Alfred E. Smith

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1928

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)

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B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper, and there's also some faint pencil shadows where a previous owner's child use the front endpaper for scribbling. "Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 October 4, 1944) was the 42nd governor of New York, serving from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1923 to 1928. He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election, losing to Herbert Hoover of the Republican Smith was the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for president of the United States by a major party. His 1928 presidential candidacy mobilized both Catholic and anti-Catholic voters. Many Protestants (including German Lutherans and Southern Baptists) feared his candidacy, believing that the Pope in Rome would dictate his policies. Smith was also a committed "wet" (i. E. , an opponent of Prohibition) ; as New York governor, he had repealed the state's prohibition law. " (from Wikipedia).…

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Title
Up from the Streets A Life of Alfred E. Smith
Author
Hapgood, Norman and Henry Moskowitz
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY
Publication year
1928
Condition
Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
4th Printing.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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