<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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In this study of the competition between Ford and Nissan, journalist David Halberstam searches for larger answers to the future of America and whether it can still compete in the world.
The author brings to the forefront long-overlooked Beat figures such as Jane Bowles, Eileen Kaufman, Mary Korte, Hettie Jones, Denise Levertov, Joanna McClure, Josephine Miles, and Ruth Weiss, among others.