+ − Cath World 111:825 S ’20 370w The Times [London] Lit Sup p159 Mr 4 ’20 70w
KARSNER, DAVID. Debs: his authorized life and letters from Woodstock prison to Atlanta. il *$1.50 (2c) Boni & Liveright
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For descriptive note see Annual for 1919.
“Journalistic and based chiefly on interviews, but interesting as giving glimpses of the appealing personality of the man.”
+ − Booklist 17:152 Ja ’21
“While the book is entirely socialistic propaganda, it serves a useful purpose in giving a full delineation, from the Socialist point of view, of the make-up of this man, his ideas and the things for which he stands. For this reason, it is a useful contribution to the literature of the day.”
+ − Cath World 111:836 S ’20 160w
“Karsner’s memorabilia may some day prove ironically to be a contribution to the literature of American patriotism.”