Beloit, Wisconsin: Beloit College Press, (1994.). Hedge's first book, a novel written while he was still a professor at Beloit College in Wisconsin and controversial because of the similarity to the Beloit locale and its citizens, originally published in 1919. He describes this book in his preface as an endeavor to 'depict the unspiritual side of American life.' Hedges left Beliot shortly after this novel was published, and after a few years as a reporter, in 1924 he went to Washington, D.C. where he was research director of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and editor of the Electrical Workers' Journal. He became well known in government circles as an expert in labor relations and economic and social planning, being awarded a gold medal by the National Planning Association. He was one of the founders of the National Economic and Social Planning Association, while an undergraduate, of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity. This edition includes introductions by Alan Wald and Frederick Burwell. xxxvi, 257 pp. ISBN: 1-884941-001.