Labor's Troubadour

by Joe Glazer

Book Overview

For more than half a century, armed only with his guitar, reams of songs, and conviction, Glazer has marshaled the power of music to fight for union representation in mills, mines, factories, and offices all over the country. This title traces the life and work of labor balladeer Joe Glazer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025207095X
• ISBN13: 9780252070952
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Reveals the power of song to promote ideas and ideals

Labor's Troubadour is an exceptionally well written and presented autobiography of a man who has spend more than fifty years using the power of music to fight for union representations in mills, mines, factories, and offices all over the country. Glazer tells of sharing platforms with significant political figures including Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, George McGovern, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon and Ladybird Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and bill Clinton. He describes his often comedic meetings with Jacqueline Kennedy, Rudolf Serkin, and other celebrities. Here also is the story of his encounters with labor icons Walter Reuther, George Meany, Cesar Chavez and others. Labor's Troubadour reveals the power of song to promote ideas and ideals and is a strongly recommended autobiography for students of the American labor movement in general, and one of its most talented balladeers in particular.