Live Questions: including Our Penal Machinery and Its Victims by Altgeld, John P - 1890

Chicago: Donohue and Henneberry, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. very good; spine faded, minor rubbing to spine ends and corners; repaired looseness at spine; p.o.'s name on fly leaf. All else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 8 vo; dark green cloth covered boards with gilt front board and spine lettering; 320 pp.

From the author who became the twentieth governor of Illinois: "The questions treated in this book are ...pressing for solution-but many of them vitally affect the welfare and happiness of mankind, and can only be intelligently settled by a thorough investigation and wide discussion." Issues include: Rights of striking workers, pensions for soldiers, abolition of constables and the fee systems, divorce, women workers, immigrants, the eight-hour movement and the penal system.