Vessel of Wrath: The Life and Times of Carry Nation [with] Carrie Nation and Her Newspapers

Taylor, Robert Lewis; Nation, Earl F.

Published by The New American Library [1966], [New York], 1966

About this Item

8vo. [11], 4-373, [3] pp. Quarter navy cloth over yellow paper boards, decoration in blind on the front board, yellow lettering on the spine; black topstain. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with eight double sided plates. With a staple-bound pamphlet laid in, authored by a distant step-relative of Carry Nation, Earl F. Nation. One of 250 copies published for members of the Roxburghe and the Zamorano Club. The pamphlet was published in Pasadena in 1976. Illustrated with a few in-text images. Carry A. Nation was a woman who was remembered for her vociferous activism on behalf of temperance, and was loved and hated by different Americans across the country. She suffered from mental illness, but resolutely pursued her goals to reform society in the way she saw fit. She was arrested in Kansas for smashing a saloon in Topeka, and was arrested for this same act a few years later, in Kansas. She published many of her tracts with the help of her husband and of a Black man named Nick Chiles. Nation was unapologetic for her views, and did not let gender roles influence her behavior or the pursuit of her desires. A tiny bump to the bottom edges of the boards; jacket with a touch of edge wear and a bit of toning to its reverse. Seller Inventory # 000011516

Bibliographic Details

Title: Vessel of Wrath: The Life and Times of Carry...

Publisher: The New American Library [1966], [New York]

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First edition.