(TIME, Nov. 6, 13), it was announced from Berlin that Col. Edwin Emerson of New York would officially represent the Nazi Party in the U. S., a position which Spanknoebel had pretended to. Col. Emerson, oldtime newspaperman, wrote propaganda from Germany which was distributed to English-speaking troops during the War.
Emerson wrote a letter to the editor denying writing propoganda however he certainly supported the central power. IN later years he supported the nazi cause and other anti semetic enterprises.
| Edition |
limited 36/500 |
| Nationality |
American |
| No. of Pages |
53 |
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| Conflict |
Spanish American War |
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First Edition. Original red wrappers. No. 36 of 500 copies. 55 pp. Half poetry, half biography of Emerson. A number of photographs of the Spanish-American War
only one other copy in world cat
Colonel Edwin Emerson (1869-1959), author, war correspondent, and "Rough Rider." Emerson was born in Germany of American parents and returned to the United States for study at Harvard University where he graduated in 1891. He wrote on many subjects, ranging from a book on the Gutenberg Bible to a history of the 19th century.
he also fought and was wounded in the venezualan columbian war
