Bread and Roses

On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the "Bread and Roses" strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.Bread and RosesIntroduction

BOOK ONE

Chapter One:

For Two Hours' Pay
Chapter Two: Immigrant City
Chapter Three: The Battle of the Merrimack
Chapter Four: Stars, Stripes, and Bayonets
Chapter Five: Dynamite
Chapter Six: Spinning Out of Control

BOOK TWO

Chapter Seven:

A Nation Divided
Chapter Eight: The Children's Exodus
Chapter Nine: Crackdown
Chapter Ten: In Congress, 1912
Chapter Eleven: An American Tapestry
Chapter Twelve: "The Flag of Liberty Is Here"

Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.