Rev Calvin Amaron (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An anti-Catholic, nativist text written by Rev. Calvin Elijah Amaron. Published in 1891 by the French Protestant College of Springfield, Massachusetts, the 213-page book addresses the massive influx of French-Canadian immigrants into New England during the late 19th century. Amaron argues that the rapid growth of the French-Canadian population-which reached roughly 10% of New England's total population by 1900-poses an existential risk to the region's Anglo-Saxon, Puritan-rooted heritage. Book has moderate age wear, including scuffs, soils, torn flyleaf, etc. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition 1st Printing. 203p. A green hardcover book in very good condition. Edges and covers a bit worn and scuffed; text clean and binding tight. A book about the increase in French Canadian immigrants to the United States, arguing that their citizenship is dangerous because the Catholic clergy is conspiring to control their votes. The author believes the solution is to convert these immigrants to Protestantism.