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This rare book in publishers grey cloth which is a bit grubby, the spine is discoloured the book has foxing. The book is signed by the author, which reads “ To Allan Brockbank with all best wishes from the author Fred Bower Herwell, 1939”. Bower was born in Boston, USA in 1871, but was brought up in Liverpool. In 1904 he, together with “his pal” the famous Jim Larkin, who was to play a key role in Ireland later, placed a letter in the foundations of the imposing Liverpool Anglican cathedral that they had worked on. The letter was from “the wage slaves employed on the erection of this cathedral dedicated to an unemployed Jewish carpenter”. His travels and his work took him to Donara, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guelph, Ithaca, London, Manchester, New York, Peapack (NJ), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Titusville, Trenton, West Newton, not to mention time spent tramp steaming all the way to Australia and back. He combined the stonemason's craft with diverse activities: prospecting for gold, and working for the Labour Movement. His life the labour movement is interwoven with tales of Francisco Ferrer, Victor Grayson, Jim Larkin, Tom Mann, Philip Snowden and others.
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