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Lifetime: 1887 - 1961 Passed: ≈ 63 years ago

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Ralph Chaplin

Books by Ralph Chaplin

Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin Cover image

Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin

Poetry History Memoir Political Science
Socialism Persecution Songs World war i Espionage Act of 1917 Industrial Workers of the World Prison poems Defiance Eugene V. Debs Anthems

This book is a collection of prison poems written by Ralph Chaplin, a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World who was imprisoned under the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. The poems express the defiant attitude of a true rebe...