Democracy's Defender : The Life of L. M. Birkhead

Jim Grebe

ISBN 10: 1483401464 / ISBN 13: 9781483401461

Published by Lulu Publishing Services, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Leon Milton Birkhead (April 28, 1885-December 1, 1954), a liberal Methodist and Unitarian minister, was unafraid of controversy. During his more than twenty-two years in a Kansas City pulpit he offered a humanist alternative to the more conservative Christian churches. He worked with good-government groups to install a city-manager system and drive 'Boss Tom' Pendergast from power. He debated evolution and other issues with religious fundamentalists and assisted Clarence Darrow at the famous Scopes trial of 1925. Birkhead befriended Sinclair Lewis while Lewis was doing fieldwork in Kansas City for his novel, Elmer Gantry.A visit to pre-war Nazi Germany changed Birkhead's life. He witnessed Nazi violence on Berlin streets and learned of a network of pro-Nazi sympathizers in the United States.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democracy's Defender : The Life of L. M. Birkhead
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483401464
• ISBN 13: 9781483401461
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 10D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 268 grams

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Leon Milton Birkhead (April 28, 1885-December 1, 1954), a liberal Methodist and Unitarian minister, was unafraid of controversy. During his more than twenty-two years in a Kansas City pulpit he offered a humanist alternative to the more conservative Christian churches. He worked with good-government groups to install a city-manager system and drive “Boss Tom” Pendergast from power. He debated evolution and other issues with religious fundamentalists and assisted Clarence Darrow at the famous Scopes trial of 1925. Birkhead befriended Sinclair Lewis while Lewis was doing fieldwork in Kansas City for his novel, Elmer Gantry. A visit to pre-war Nazi Germany changed Birkhead’s life. He witnessed Nazi violence on Berlin streets and learned of a network of pro-Nazi sympathizers in the United States.