Up From the City Streets: A Life of Alfred E Smith. A Biographical Study In Contemporary Politics
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Fourth Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket is toned, a bit brittle; loss of the lower third of the front and the spine.
Biography of the first Catholic to be named as a major political party's presidential candidate. Al Smith was the Democratic candidate in the 1928 election; he lost to Herbert Hoover, due in part to anti-Catholic bigotry so widespread in his day. Illustrated with black and white plates.
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