first edition Softcover
1930 · Aurora MO
by MURPHY, Chas
Aurora MO: The New Menace, 1930. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 94pp. Pencil owner name front wrap, and a few small ink check marks in the margins, else a near fine copy of this anti-Catholic screed, which attributes the disintegration of American society to (mostly) Catholic immigrants, particularly Irish and Italian gangsters, with some treatment of Al Capone and others. Scarce - *OCLC* lists but two copies in American libraries. (Inventory #: 62342)