Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780873513913)

Packinghouse Daughter merges personal memoir and public history to tell a compelling story about family loyalty, small-town life, and working-class values in the face of a violent labor strike in 1959. The daughter of a Wilson & Company packinghouse worker, Cheri Register recalls the meatpackers' strike that devastated and divided her hometown of Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Author: Cheri Register
ISBN-10: 0873513916
ISBN-13: 9780873513913
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.66w x 1.03d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Honorable Mention

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2000 pg. 154
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 45
Library Journal 12/20/2000