![]() ![]() The book not only reveals the circumstances of Foster’s poverty-stricken childhood in Philadelphia, but also vividly describes his work and travels in the American West. ![]() Even though Foster’s long and eventful life ended in Moscow, where he was given a state funeral in Red Square, he was, as portrayed here, a thoroughly American radical. Drawing on private family papers, FBI files, and recently opened Russian archives, this first full-scale biography traces Foster’s early life as a world traveler, railroad worker, seaman, hobo, union activist, and radical journalist, and also probes the origins and implications of his ill-fated career as a top-echelon Communist official and three-time presidential candidate. ![]() Foster (1881-1961) fought his way out of the slums of turn-of-the-century Philadelphia to become a professional revolutionary as well as a notorious and feared labor agitator. A major figure in the history of twentieth-century American radicalism, William Z. ![]()
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