<p>A unique blend of memoir and public history, <i>Packinghouse Daughter,</i> winner of the Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of small-town, working-class life. The daughter of a Wilson & Company millwright, Cheri Register recalls the 1959 meatpackers' strike that divided her hometown o ...
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The memoirist recalls her childhood in Minnesota, where a meatpacking plant dominated the lives of her family and friends. A 1959 strike at the plant, where her father was a striking employee, defines the narrative. Although a memoir of her own childhood, this book meditates on the larger issues of ...
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