[Rarebooks] FS: LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST, 1874, Astor Place Riot, Extra-Illustrated

[Charles Agvent]

REES, James (Colly Cibber). LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST. WITH REMINISCENCES 
AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 
(1874). First Edition. Octavo (5" x 7-3/4") bound in 3/4 brown morocco 
and marbled boards. This copy is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 20 portraits, 
views, and clippings in addition to the frontispiece portrait. Some 
rubbing to spine. Very Good or better.

The American actor Edwin Forrest was at the center of New York City's 
most notorious clash of classes, the 1849 Astor Place Riot, which 
erupted based on a dispute between Forrest and British actor William 
Charles Macready. Their rivalry fueled a growing sense of cultural 
alienation from Britain among mainly working-class Americans, and 
Macready's performance at the Astor Opera House provided an occasion for 
a violent skirmish that left about 30 dead and many more wounded. The 
riot marked the first time a state militia had been called out and had 
shot into a crowd of citizens, and it led to the creation of the first 
police force armed with deadly weapons. (#013962)        $150.00

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