{"product_id":"john-frearson-of-manchester-and-birmingham-the-forgotten-socialist","title":"John Frearson of Manchester and Birmingham, the forgotten socialist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby John Frearson \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eJohn Frearson was born in Leicestershire, a chartist bookseller in Manchester, and buried in a Birmingham guinea grave.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA cutler and political speaker, he worked with Robert Owen in the 1830s and fled to America to avoid arrest in 1840.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eReturning to Birmingham, making fastenings, he exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition; patented the cross-head [now Phillips] screw and introduced the Saturday half-holiday to Birmingham.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA radical socialist, he wrote for the Co-operator in the 1860s and wrote advising William Morris in the 1880s.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe also ran a temperance hotel and managed a French giant!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA5, card cover, stapled,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e64 pages with 8 colour and 21 B\u0026amp;W illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40378111819963,"sku":"","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/products\/Screenshot2021-05-26at15.28.29.png?v=1622039405","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/john-frearson-of-manchester-and-birmingham-the-forgotten-socialist","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}