William Dudley Pelley: A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult

by Scott Beekman

Book Overview

William Dudley Pelley was one of the most important figures of the anti-Semitic radical right in the twentieth century. Best remembered as the leader of the paramilitary "Silver Shirts," Pelley was also an award-winning short story writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and religious leader. During the Depression Pelley was a notorious presence in American politics; he ran for president on a platform calling for the ghettoization of American Jews and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815608195
• ISBN13: 9780815608196
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"