Martyrs of the Early American Left

A professor emeritus of history and American studies at California State University, Chico, Robert C. Cottrell is the author of more than twenty books, including studies of the counterculture, the year 1968, American radicalism, black baseball and the World War II smokejumpers.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Vassar Girl Suffragist2. A Man of Letters3. A Poet Singing Nothing but Joy4. An American Renaissance5. The Unanticipated Marriage6. Thirteen Months in Europe7. Riding with the Revolution8. Keeping Faith with the Cause9. The Lyrical Left’s Response to World War I10. Joining The New Republic11. The Peace Crusade12. The Eastern Front13. The Death of a Feminist Martyr14. Frustrated Love and Transnationalism15. The Love of His Life16. The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy17. The Bolshevik Revolution18. “America in 1918”19. War’s End20. An American in Communist Russia21. Three American MartyrsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

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