Meyer London
Subtitle: A Biography of the Socialist New York Congressman, 1871-1926
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780786472161
Subjects: Lawyers, biography; Legislators, united states
Description: "Meyer London (1871-1926), a Russian Jewish immigrant, settled in New York's Lower East Side in 1891. He became a lawyer, labor activist, founding member of the Socialist Party of America, and a three term Congressman. His death in 1926 caused shock waves among his fellow Lower East Siders for whom London had become a folk hero"--Provided by publisher.