Praise for The Anarchist
“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 of The People’s History of
the United States
“This earnest, yet often
compelling work, makes good on the premise of its first sentence: ‘few of us
see our lives as a part of history.’”
Joan Mellon, Baltimore Sun
“I've just finished reading Daniel Coleman's The
Anarchist
and enjoyed it very much. There will be much to talk about when he comes
to WSKG: anarchism and political fanaticism, history and the historical novel,
capital punishment, his experiences researching and writing The
Anarchist
and the turn-of-the-century society when the Gilded Age gave way to the
Progressive Era. He also accomplished making nearly all the characters in
the book somewhat sympathetic, including Czolgosz.”
Bill Jaker, Off
the Page,
WSKG-FM, Binghamton, NY
“A
remarkable novel of ideas.”
Coeditor of The Encyclopedia of the American Left
“Coleman's probing examination of President
McKinley's murderer will not necessarily shock you, but it will certainly make
you think. You'll marvel over the ‘science’ of psychology in its infancy, learn
why Americans embraced seemingly insane anarchistic politics at the last turn
of the century, and admire the depictions of nearby Auburn and its foreboding
prison and blood-curdling electric chair.”
"[Coleman describes] a
national mood that -- perhaps out of fear of social upheaval and class warfare
triggered by an international string of anarchist assassinations -- wanted
vengeance as much or more than justice. An intriguingly different view of
Czolgosz."
—The Buffalo News
“Coleman brings to life a
turn-of-the-century American in which rapid technological change offered the
promise of a better tomorrow even as millions toiled under the most desperate
of material conditions. He offers a glimpse of how socialists, anarchists, and
feminists, acting in the shadows of a smug and self-satisfied elite culture,
produced among the most vibrant bodies of radical political thought in American
history.”
Praise for Ecopolitics: Building a
Green Society
”An
eloquent Green manifesto”