TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Bryan D. TI - James P. Cannon and the origins of the American revolutionary left, 1890-1928 /Bryan D. Palmer T2 - The working class in American history SN - 9780252092084 AV - HX84 .J364 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Cannon, James Patrick, KW - Socialists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Communists KW - Socialism KW - History KW - Communism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: The communist can(n)on --; Rosedale roots: facts and fictions --; Youth's discoveries --; Hobo rebel/homeguard --; Red dawn --; Underground --; Geese in flight --; Pepper spray --; Stalinist suspensions --; Labor defender --; Living with Lovestone --; Expulsion --; Conclusion: James P. Cannon, the United States revolutionary movement, and the end of an age of innocence; 2; b N2 - Bryan D. Palmer's award-winning study of James P. Cannon's early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. Written with panache, Palmer's richly detailed book situates American communism's formative decade of the 1920s in the dynamics of a specific political and economic context UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569952&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -