JIMMIE HIGGINS
"JIMMIE HIGGINS" is the fellow who does the hard work in the job of
waking up the workers. Jimmie hates war — all war — and fights against it
with heart and soul. But war comes, and Jimmie is drawn into it, whether
he will or no. He has many adventures — strikes, jails, munitions
explosions, draft-boards, army-camps, submarines and battles. "Jimmie
Higgins Goes to War" at last, and when be does he holds back the German
army and wins the battle of "Chatty Terry." But then they send him into
Russia to fight the Bolsheviki, and there "Jimmie Higgins Votes for
Democracy."
A picture of the American working-class movement during
four years of world-war; all wings of the movement, all the
various tendencies and clashing impulses are portrayed. Cloth,
$1.20 postpaid.
From "The Candidate": I have just finished reading the
first installment of "Jimmie Higgins" and I am delighted with it. It is
the beginning of a great story, a story that will be translated into
many languages and be read by eager and interested millions all over the
world. I feel that your art will lend itself readily to "Jimmie
Higgins," and that you will be at your best in placing this dear little
comrade where he belongs in the Socialist movement. The opening story of
your chapter proves that you know him intimately. So do I and I love him
with all my heart, even as you do. He has done more for me than I shall
ever be able to do for him. Almost anyone can be "The Candidate," and
almost anyone will do for a speaker, but it takes the rarest of
qualities to produce a "Jimmie Higgins." You are painting a superb
portrait of our "Jimmie" and I congratulate you. EUGENE V. DEBS.
Front Mrs. Jack London: Jimmie Higgins is immense. He is real,
and so are the other characters. I'm sure you rather fancy Comrade Dr.
Service! The beginning of the narrative is delicious with an irresistible
loving humor; and as a change comes over it and the Big Medicine begins
to work, one realizes by the light of 1918, what you have undertaken to
accomplish. The sure touch or your genius is here, Upton Sinclair, and
I wish Jack London might read and enjoy. CHARMIAN LONDON.
From a Socialist Artist: Jimmie Higgins' start is a master
portrayal of that character. I have been out so long on these lecture
tours that I can appreciate the picture. I am waiting to see how the
story develops. It starts better than "King Coal." RYAN WALKER.
Price, cloth, $1.20 postpaid.
UPTON SINCLAIR, Pasadena, California
