DIGGS, Annie

The Story of Jerry Simpson

Wichita, Kansas, Jane Simpson, (1908). First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-lettered dark green cloth. The story of flamboyant "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, three-term member of Congress from Kansas, and his political career in Kansas and in Congress, the Farmers Alliance and the Peoples Party, and more. Laid in a small piece of campaign ephemera from 1896 depicting "Our Jerry. A 1912 owner inscription on the front blank. Fine, bright copy .

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Book number: 020840

Catalogue: Kansas

Keywords: Western Americana, Politics, Americana, Kansas, Biography, 19th Century Politics Western Americana Americana Kansas Politics