[Five anti-Catholic items from the 1960 presidential campaign opposing John F. Kennedy, with a signed cover note]
by Holdridge, Herbert C
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- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Sherman Oaks, CA: General Holdridge Minute Men, 1960. Ephemera. Five leaflets of various formats stapled together at corner with a signed cover note, some toning; last leaflet, which is 8.5x14 inches, is crinkled and worn. The group includes the following messages from Holdridge: "Jesuit 'Big Lie'" (single sheet printed both sides), "A plague on both their houses!" (4p.), an open letter to the President asking that Vatican agents be classified as subversives (4p.), "Climax!" (a letter written to the Pope (4 p.), and a leaflet reprinting a letter to Nixon and Kennedy asking them both to drop out because their campaigns are unconstitutional. After flirting with the Socialist Party, Holdridge (the only general to retire during WW II) ran under the American Rally banner as a peace candidate in the 1950s. In 1960 he established the "Constitutional Provisional Government of the United States.
Details
- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 314185
- Title
- [Five anti-Catholic items from the 1960 presidential campaign opposing John F. Kennedy, with a signed cover note]
- Author
- Holdridge, Herbert C
- Format/Binding
- Ephemera
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- General Holdridge Minute Men
- Place of Publication
- Sherman Oaks, CA
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1960S; Right-wing; Anticatholic;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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