ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL: Myron W. Reed, Christian Socialist

green full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). b&w photo frontis. portrait. x+206p. b&w photo illustrations. notes. select bibliography. index. biography. american history. political philosophy. social science. history of colorado. ~ Reverend Myron Winslow Reed, the foremost Christian Socialist in the American West from 1884 to 1899, is seldom found in the major works on Christian Socialism. Historians have usually identified late nineteenth century Christian Socialism with W. D. P. Bliss, Walter Rauschenbusch, and George Herron, men from the Midwest or East. Yet, from his Denver pulpits, Reed preached a radical message of Christian Socialism~ at least his contemporaries called it radical. He encouraged the government to manage the sources of production, advocated the "comfortable life" for all citizens, and touted America as the messianic nation to the world ~ the example of a cooperative republic in process. Reed declared, "There ought to be a new earth, and what ought to be will be.".…