HART, JEROME — A Vigilante Girl

Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1910. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John W. Norton. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable toning. "Jerome Hart was publisher of the "Argonaut," the famed San Francisco weekly newspaper founded by Frank Pixley and Fred M. Somers. Pixley edited the newspaper until 1891 when Hart took over editorial responsibilities. Hart was about 23-years-old when Denis Kearney formed the Workingman's Party of California in 1877. Hart was in the National Guard of California at the time, and saw duty during the anti-Chinese riots that year. Hart, in this excerpt from his 1931 book "In Our Second Century," gives a good description of the social conditions that led to the formation of the party, but curiously does not mention that the chairman of the 1877 Committee of Safety was William Tell Coleman, founder and head of the 1856 Committee of Vigilance." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .