The Hidden Hand of Popery In World Politics

Aurora, Mo. The Menace Publishing Company, [1916]. An anti-Catholic pamphlet on the role of papal politics in instigating WWI, and more broadly, its "participation in secret diplomacy, international intrigue, and such political meddling in public, as well as private affairs, as serve its ulterior end of controlling the human race" (p. 4). Published by the Menace Publishing Company, the publishing arm of The Menace newspaper founded by Wilbur Franklin Phelps and his stepson, Thomas Earl McClure, in Aurora, MO, in 1911. By 1916, it had over a million subscribers and by the 1920s it was affiliated with the Klan.

Stapled wrappers, 31 pp. Slight rubbing and offsetting to wrappers, but very good. Only four copies in WorldCat. Item #14946

Price: $125.00