James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928

Bryan D. Palmer''s award-winning study of James P. Cannon''s early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. This historical drama unfolds alongside the life experiences of a native son of United States radicalism, the narrative moving from Rosedale, Kansas to Chicago, New York, and Moscow. Written...