Besieged Patriot Autobiography of Gerald L.K. Smith 1st Ed HCDJ Christian Racist
Besieged Patriot Autobiography of Gerald L.K. Smith 1st Ed HCDJ Christian Racist___________________________________________ Besieged Patriot: Autobiographical Episodes Exposing Communism, Traitorism and Zionism from the Life of Gerald L. K. Smithby Gerald L. K. Smith, Elna M. Smith, and Charles F. RobertsonPublished by Elna M. Smith Foundation / Christian Nationalist Crusade, Eureka Springs AR (1978) Condition:Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all 321 pages (+ photo section at end of book) within are bright white with NO WRITING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OF FOLDS, BUT there is a medium amount of red pancil underlining throughout the book! The covers look perfect! The dust jacket is in very good condition with wear and repaired tears, as can be seen in my photos. The Dust Jacket has now book put into a Mylar cover to keep it looking awesome for generations to come. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About Gerald L.K. Smith:Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (February 27, 1898 – April 15, 1976) was an American clergyman, politician and organizer known for his populist and far-right demagoguery. A leader of the populist Share Our Wealth movement during the Great Depression, afterward he became known for far-right causes including the Christian Nationalist Crusade, which he founded in 1942. He founded the America First Party in 1943 and was its 1944 presidential candidate, winning fewer than 1,800 votes. He was a preeminent antisemite and a white supremacist. Late in life, he built the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, with donations, and initiated the Passion Play there. Smith said that he determined he would be a Disciples of Christ minister, like three generations of his family before him, when he was twelve. He was ordained in 1916, while at Valparaiso. Upon his recovery from nephritis in 1919, he became a temporary pastor in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, then at a larger church in Footville, then organized another church in the larger community of Beloit. On return from a trip to Chicago, he expressed his earliest recorded views on race in a letter to his parents: "[W]hen you see the white and black mixing it is terrible. White girls dancing cheek to cheek with black men. ... It sickens one." After marriage and another period of illness, Smith joined a larger church in Kansas, Illinois. In 1922, he drew national attention for a sermon at a ministerial convention in St. Louis and moved to Indianapolis, where he preached to a congregation of two thousand. In Indianapolis, rumors circulated that he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which was popular among the state's Protestant men but notorious following the conviction of Grand Wizard D. C. Stephenson. Smith denied these rumors throughout his life. In 1929, Smith's wife contracted tuberculosis, and he moved his family to Shreveport, Louisiana, to seek treatment. He became minister of Kings Highway Christian Church, where his congregation included the city's mayor, two bank presidents, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce. In his early time in Shreveport, Smith was ecumenical, preaching at B'Nai Zion Temple and in return sharing his pulpit with the temple's rabbi. Smith married Elna Sorenson in 1922. The couple adopted their only child, whom they named Gerald L. K. Smith Jr. Smith died age 78 on April 15, 1976 of pneumonia in Glendale, California. His wife took over the Christian Nationalist Crusade at his death. With his wife, he is buried adjacent to the Christ of the Ozarks statue, where hymns are continuously played near the graves. Copyright © 2018-2022 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.