My World Is Gone: Memories of Life in a Southern Cotton Mill Town

by George G. Suggs Jr.

Book Overview

In this firsthand account of his native Bladenboro, North Carolina, George G. Suggs, Jr., captures in rich detail the world of a thriving cotton mill town where the company was dominant but workers had forged a strong community.

Baseball. religion. work. death. and the company store--these figured eminently in the lives of Southern cotton mill workers and their families during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this firsthand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330355
• ISBN13: 9780814330357
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"