Haymarket

Brings the Chicago's Haymarket Riot of 1886 to life. At the center of the narrative is the relationship between labor leader Albert Parsons and his mixed-race wife, Lucy Gonzalez, who leave Texas to escape the rigid segregation laws. In Chicago their personal commitment and political awareness blossom.

First sentence: To watch eighteen-year-old Lucy Eldine Gonzalez cross a room, her step stately and purposeful, her red twill dress rustling dramatically-to see her move was to know at once that she wouldn't take kindly to having her time wasted with quavering inquiries about how long to boil the lye and grease scraps for soap, or whether the missing cowpuncher ought to be searched for in town and given the two do

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Editions

4

Pages

330

ISBN

9781583226711

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