The last ballad /
Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union, a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town and al...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2017].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union, a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town and all that she loves. Intertwining myriad voice, Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America, and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | 378 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-375). |
| ISBN: | 9780062313119 0062313118 9780062313126 0062313126 |