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  The Last Town on Earth

  A Novel

  by Thomas Mullen

  Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced–the 1918 flu epidemic–Thomas Mullen’s powerful, sweeping first novel is a tale of morality in a time of upheaval. Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, the adopted son of the town’s... (more)
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  Solidarity Forever: The IWW: an Oral History of the Wobblies

  by Stewart Bird

  This oral history is based on interviews done for the award-winning documentary The Wobblies. Studs Terkel said of this book, 'This study of the Wobblies is a vital part of our history that has never appeared in the traditional chronicles. It's time, high-time, we knew of this indigenous American movement. An excellent book.'
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  Hobohemia: Emma Goldman, Lucy Parsons, Ben Reitman & Other Agitators & Outsiders In 1920s/30s Chicago

  by Frank O Beck, Frank O. Beck

  From the 1910s through the Depression 30s, when Chicago was the undisputed hobo capital of the United States, a small north side neighborhood know as Towertown was the vital center of an extraordinary cultural/political ferment. It was home to Bughouse Square (the nation's most renowned outdoor free-speech center), Ben Reitman's Hobo College, and the fabulous Dil Pickle club, a highly unorthodox institution of... (more)
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  May Day

  A Short History of the International Workers' Holiday, 1886-1986

  by Philip Sheldon Foner

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  The letters of Joe Hill

  by Joe Hill

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  Flash: A Novel

  by Jim Miller

  "'This remarkable novel is nothing less than a secret history of southern California—a radical past that might yet redeem our future."—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz A chance encounter with a faded "Wanted!" poster in a San Diego library sends journalist Jack Wilson on a wild adventure through southern California's radical past. As Jack searches for the truth about I.W.W. outlaw Bobby Flash, he uncovers a... (more)
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  Pie in the Sky: How Joe Hill's Lawyers Lost His Case, Got Him Shot, and Were Disbarred

  by Kenneth Lougee

  It could be said that the Joe Hill murder trial rates as one of the most important trials in Utah’s history. Hill, a prolific Labor Union songwriter, was accused of murdering a Salt Lake City shopkeeper and his son during a robbery in 1914. In Pie in the Sky, author and trial lawyer Kenneth Lougee analyzes this case and explains the errors that were committed during the trial, which resulted in Hill’s guilty... (more)