num_pages: 540
description: Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.—Eugene Debs in 1918Orator, organizer, self-taught scholar, presidential candidate, and prisoner, Eugene Debs’ lifelong commitment to the fight for a better world is chronicled in this unparalleled biography by historian Ray Ginger. This moving story presents the definitive account of the life and legacy of the most eloquent spokesperson and leader of the U.S. labor and socialist movements.With a new introduction by Mike Davis.
language: English
title: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs
titlecomplete: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs
characters: Eugene V. Debs
genres: Biography, American, United States, Politics, Labor, Nonfiction, American History, Economics, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 276
places: The United States of America
series: American Midwest
awards: awardedAt: -725817600000
name: Hopwood Award
publisher: Haymarket Books