Ezra Pound: World-Famed American Poet and Patriot
n.p. [Eustace Mullins?], [1958]. An unrecorded Ezra Pound broadside issued by Pound acolyte and biographer Eustace Mullins to celebrate Pound’s release from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. where he’d been confined for 12 years following his arrest for treason in 1945. Mullins visited and corresponded with Pound frequently and in 1961 published a laudatory biography, Ezra Pound: This Difficult Individual. He credited Pound with directing his investigation of the Federal Reserve, which culminated in his best known book, The Secrets of the Federal Reserve (1952).
On one half of the broadside is a photograph of Pound, a brief biography and excerpts from his book, Cantos and on the other is Mullins’ article on Pound originally published in “Women’s Voice,” Lyrl Clark van Hyning’s nationalist and anti-Semitic newsletter. In the article Mullins describes Pound’s unjust institutionalization and the tireless efforts by Mullins and others to free him, even in the face of Jewish opposition. Regarding the Jews, he avers, “Even in commenting on his release, the Jewish rats were unable to restrain themselves from vicious attacks upon Ezra Pound. These scum hate Pound because he is all they can never be; he is true, just and courageous.”
Printed on one side of an 11 ¼” x 17 ½” sheet printed landscape of coated stock. Old crease from folding, some small tears to the edges and fold. Although there are no ownership markings, this copy came from Mullins’ estate. No record in WorldCat (although we have sold a few other copies to institutional collections). Item #13384
Price: $950.00