Gastonia 1929 The Story of the Loray Mill Strike

Name: Gastonia 1929 The Story of the Loray Mill Strike
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ISBN: 9780807822371

ISBN-10: 080782237X

ISBN-13: 9780807822371

Edition: 1995

Authors: John A. Salmond

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Of the wave of labor strikes that swept through the South in 1929, the one at the Loray Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, is perhaps the best remembered. InGastonia 1929John Salmond provides the first detailed account of the complex events surrounding the strike at the largest textile mill in the Southeast. His compelling narrative unravels the confusing story of the shooting of the town's police chief, the trials of the alleged killers, the unsolved murder of striker Ella May Wiggins, and the strike leaders' conviction and subsequent flight to the Soviet Union. Describing the intensifying climate of violence in the region, Salmond presents the strike within the context of the southern…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 11/20/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



The Setting



The Strike



The Shooting



Trial and Terror



The Verdicts



The Aftermath


Notes


Bibliography


Index