When Coxey's "Army" Marcht on Washington, 1894.

Browne, Carl and Wm. McDevit

Published by Self-published, 1944

About this Item

A curious booklet about a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey that is recognized as the first significant popular protest march on Washington. McDevit was responsible for it's publication. He was an author, bookseller, and Socialist political agitator who operated bookstores on Sutter and Fillmore streets in San Francisco for more than forty years in the first half of the twentieth century. He was an active public orator on Socialist issues and a pamphleteer on both literary and political subjects. In addition to his literary and bookselling activities, McDevitt was politically active both as a member of the Socialist Party and as an election commissioner while James Rolph was Mayor of San Francisco. He and Upton Sinclair became correspondents based upon McDevitt carrying Sinclair's works in his bookstore and their shared interests in Socialist politics. AND an expert on shorthand!. Seller Inventory # 3038

Bibliographic Details

Title: When Coxey's "Army" Marcht on Washington, ...

Publisher: Self-published

Publication Date: 1944

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition