Books Details
Author : Travis Sutton Byrd Pages : pages Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press Language :
ISBN-10 : 1621901718 ISBN-13 : 9781621901716
Books Descriptions
It was called ?the summer of dynamite.? In 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression,
the southern textile belt?from the rayon mills of upper East Tennessee to the
bleacheries and weave rooms of the Carolina piedmont?exploded in a full-on civil war
marked by political intrigue, kidnapping, attempted and outright murder, rioting, and
the threat of armed insurrection against the state. Communists agitated in Gastonia,
North Carolina; the American Federation of Labor led organizing efforts in nearby
Marion; and the regional elite was forced to choose sides as its forces collided with
those of the millworkers and rival unions battling for organizational
supremacy.??????????? Drawing on never-before-utilized sources, including minutes
of corporate board meetings, union rosters, scrapbooks kept by local residents,
courtroom testimony, a wide assortment of news reports, and ballads written by
striking workers, Travis Sutton Byrd has woven together a complex and arresting
account of the
