Record #:

34968

Author(s):

Flynn, Louise Jarvis

Abstract:

North Carolina author Wiley Cash’s “The Last Ballad” focuses on the fallout of the 1929 Loray Mill strike in Gaston County. Set behind the historical and political backdrop of this time, Cash tells a story of motherhood and friendship and how it helped shape the labor industry of the South.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November 2017, p60, il, por

Subject(s):

Labor unions-organizing; Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Southern states