In the tradition of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist comes an exciting new novel of psychological
exploration, political controversy, and romance set against the backdrop of
turn-of-the-century America.
----New
from Willowbrook Press----
The
Anarchist See the cover
“Coleman's novel brings to
life the long-obscure but fascinating figure of the assassin of President
McKinley. It is an opportunity for a lively discussion of that also-obscure
philosophy of anarchism…. Readers will enjoy this unusual novel.”
Howard
Zinn, Boston University
Author,
People’s History of the United States
Paul
Buhle, Brown University
Coeditor,
The Encyclopedia of the American Left
Just 100 years ago, on
September 6, 1901, the news shocked the nation: anarchist Leon Czolgosz had
shot and fatally wounded President William McKinley. Meet Jon Parker, medical
student, aspiring alienist, and intern at New York’s Auburn State Prison where
Czolgosz awaits a date with the electric chair. With the excitement of the
assassination and pending execution swirling around him, Parker engages
Czolgosz in a series of rudimentary psychoanalysis sessions. His goal: to
understand the life, motivations, and political philosophy of this enigmatic
figure. Was Czolgosz sane? Was he a bona fide anarchist? To answer these
questions, Parker must enter the unfamiliar world of anarchism and class
struggle, face the probing affections of the young feminist Lucy Gerin, and,
ultimately, confront his own inner demons.
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ISBN:
0-9709781-0-3 Format: 5.5" x 8.5" Price: $14.95 Pages: 274 Subject:
Historical Fiction Available:
September 2001 |
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Daniel
A. Coleman is a long-time political columnist and activist. He is also the
author of Ecopolitics:
Building a Green Society (Rutgers University Press, 1994) which is
being published in Chinese and Indonesian (Malay) in 2001. Coleman was the
featured speaker at the McKinley Memorial Library’s commemoration of the
centennial of the assassination on September 6, 2001.
