(Philip Grosser) Uncle Sam's Devil's Island : experiences of a conscientious objector in America during the World War. Published by “a group of friends” at the Excelsior Press, Boston, (1933?) 19cm, (8), 26, (2)pp, portrait. Original red marble-like wrappers. Prtovenance: Library of Congress, with their surplus stamp on front inside cover. Very crisp copy. Just about in FINE condition. $125
Philip Grosser (1890 in Slavuta – October 3, 1933 in Boston) was an anarchist and anti-militarist hailed by Alexander Berkman as "one of [my] finest comrades". He was imprisoned at the Federal Military Prison on Alcatraz Island, having refused the draft during the first World War. By the end of 1920, two years after the war ended, he was the only remaining conscientious objector at Alcatraz, and in poor health. Grosser is notable for writing one of the first exposés of Alcatraz Prison, the 32-page pamphlet Uncle Sam's Devil's Island, which told of his experience in the prison. He committed suicide in Boston, Massachusetts on October 1933 and was buried on October 20, 1933.”--Wikipedia
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