May 5, 2020
Forgotten Men. Claudius Gregory. Hamilton, Canada: Davis-Lisson Lmtd. 1933. First edition. Original dust jacket by Stuart Wallace.
A Depression-era story of strife, struggle and messianic fantasy. Christopher Ward is a young man of wealth and privilege. The son of a steel mill owner, he lives life adrift until happening upon an impromptu meeting of unemployed men in a public park. Wonderment is reawakened. He devotes his life to some hazy idea called 'the Cause', becomes close friends with the unemployed Peter Bronte, is mentored by holy man Reverend John, and meets a prostitute named Mary.