A very handsomely preserved, probably unread, example of Ingersoll's classic biography of one of the most influential social activists of the 19th century.
Horace Greeley [1811-1872], chiefly through his self-created vehicle, The New York Tribune, endlessly advocated what might be described, a bit anachronistically, as Christian Socialist policies. He did, in fact, actually hire Karl Marx as a European correspondent. His news, read through a distinctive Marxian lens, appear anonymously in many of its pages.
But for Greeley, this meant the intentional cultivation of a land of equal opportunity, justice, and compassion. He advocate for temperance, for the westward expansion, for the fair treatment of Native Americans, for women's rights and feminism, for vegetarianism and agrarianism, workers' rights, for the rights of marginalized Italian and Irish immigrants, and, most vehemently, for the abolition of the slave trade.
If you're looking to read the life of a person of non-partisan principle who consistently attempted to advocate for the right, whether or not those in his "party" agreed with it, Horace is your guy.
[Horace Greeley]. Ingersoll, L. D. The Life of Horace Greeley; with Graphic Notices of Important Historical Events, Political Movements, and Emiment Journalists, Politicians and Statesmen of His Times. Illustrated with Portraits and Other Engravings. Philadelphia. The Keystone Publishing Co. 1890. 574pp.
A very good example with some light rubbing at extremities of hinges and corners. Screen print embossed spine and cover. Very crisp and clean. A rather exceptional copy.
