Research Catalog
Men into beasts.
- Title
- Men into beasts.
- Author
- Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962.
- Publication
- New York : Fawcett Publication, 1952.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | SLT (Viereck, G. S. Men into beasts) | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Pulp V54 1952 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Description
- 179 p.; 18 cm.
- Series Statement
- Gold medal books, 260
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Memoirs.
- Note
- Autobiographical.
- Text preceded by a 3-p. section titled "Men without women: an appraisal by two leading authorities on sexual aberrations and prison life."
- Access (note)
- Berg Collection is restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- George Sylvester Viereck was born in Germany, where he was an active Marxist as a youth. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1896 and published his first volume of poetry in 1904. During the First World War, he founded two journals to support the German cause, and with Hitler's rise in the 1920s, Viereck became a Nazi apologist. In 1942, he was convicted in federal court for failing to register with the U.S. Department of State as a Nazi agent. He was imprisoned from 1942 to 1947, during which time he witnessed the events he describes in his prison memoir.
- Binding (note)
- Paperback, with front cover depicting naked prisoner crouching on floor of cell, having been beaten by two prison guards who hold, respectively, a boot and a chain.
- Call Number
- SLT (Viereck, G. S. Men into beasts)
- LCCN
- 52013610
- OCLC
- 3583053
- Author
- Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962.
- Title
- Men into beasts.
- Imprint
- New York : Fawcett Publication, 1952.
- Series
- Gold medal books, 260
- Access
- Berg Collection is restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Biography
- George Sylvester Viereck was born in Germany, where he was an active Marxist as a youth. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1896 and published his first volume of poetry in 1904. During the First World War, he founded two journals to support the German cause, and with Hitler's rise in the 1920s, Viereck became a Nazi apologist. In 1942, he was convicted in federal court for failing to register with the U.S. Department of State as a Nazi agent. He was imprisoned from 1942 to 1947, during which time he witnessed the events he describes in his prison memoir.
- Binding
- Paperback, with front cover depicting naked prisoner crouching on floor of cell, having been beaten by two prison guards who hold, respectively, a boot and a chain.
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- Research Call Number
- SLT (Viereck, G. S. Men into beasts)Berg Coll Pulp V54 1952