William Dudley Pelley

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2020-02-19 08:55
Character Key Number: 
2714
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William Dudley Pelley
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Pelley, William Dudley
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Mentioned by a character in "Delta Autumn" as one of ominous signs on the horizon of contemporary events (269), William Dudley Pelley was a journalist, a novelist, a screenwriter and publisher before making a name for himself a fascist and a religious leader. In 1936 Pelley ran for president as the candidate for the Christian Party, preaching antisemitism and socialism as staples for a new Christian Commonwealth. He supported Hitler's ideology regarding Jews.

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