“An American Anarchist closes a major gap in our understanding of American an- archism and particularly a gap in our understanding of its deep roots in American radicalism. It makes the same contribution to our understanding of American feminism.” —Richard Drinnon, author of Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman
‘Paul Avrich’s book is very well researched—it fascinated me as I am sure it will fascinate many other people who are interested in the anarchist personality.’ —George Woodcock
An American Anarchist marked the trail historians of American anarchism are still following today: above all else, to understand anarchists as human beings. Narrative-driven like all of Paul Avrich’s works, this story highlights famous characters like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and the infamous, like Dyer D. Lum—Voltairine de Cleyre’s lover and the man who sneaked a dynamite cartridge into Louis Lingg’s cell so the accused Haymarket Martyr could die at his own hand and not the state’s. De Cleyre (1866–1912), born in Michigan, is noted as the first prominent American-born anarchist. From her voluminous writings and speeches, the illnesses that plagued her, the shooting on a streetcar in Philadelphia that left de Cleyre clinging for life, to her eventual death at forty- five in Chicago, she worked tirelessly for her ideal.
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Illustrations
Foreword, Robert P. Helms
Preface
Introduction
1. Childhood
2. The Making of an Anarchist
3. Philadelphia
4. England and Scotland
5. Pity and Vengeance
6. Anarchism without Adjectives
7. Herman Helcher
8. The Broad Street Riot
9. Chicago
10. Light upon Waldheim
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Sobre el autor
Paul Avrich (1931–2006) was distinguished Professor of Russian History at Queens College (CUNY). He is the author of e Haymarket Tragedy, Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background, and Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, among others.
Robert P. Helms is an independent historian from Philadelphia and the editor of Forty Years in the Social Struggle: The Memoirs of a Jewish Anarchist. Robert P. Helms is an independent historian from Philadelphia. He is the editor of Forty Years in the Social Struggle: The Memoirs of a Jewish Anarchist.
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