An American Dissenter: The Life of Algie Martin Simons 1870-1950 - Paperback

by Kent Kreuter (Author), Gretchen Kreuter (Author)

In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure in the Socialist party of America, Kent and Gretchen Kreuter show the widely ranging social activities that brought Simons into touch with many of the movements and personalities of his time. As a propagandist and historian, Simons wrote the first thoroughgoing Marxist account of American history. As a journalist, he furnished Upton Sinclair with much of the material that he used in The Jungle, and as a party politician, Simons was a signi

Author Biography

Kent Kreuter is associate professor of history at Hamline University and Gretchen Kreuter is assistant professor of history at the College of St. Catherine.