"A vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the U.S. Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities. This epochal tale offers fascinating portraits of...

The smallest show on earth: When a couple inherit a theater called "The Flea Pit" they find they must also cope with three eccentric characters who work there. Carlton-Browne of the F.O.: The British Foreign Office sends Carlton-Browne to revitalize the relations between Britain and the tiny island of Gaillardia when a valuable mineral deposit is discovered. I'm all right Jack: After serving his country in the war, Stanley Windrush finds that he...

On September 9, 1985, one thousand mainly Mexican women workers in Watsonville, California, the "frozen food capital of the world," were forced out on strike in response to an attempt by Watsonville Canning owner, Mort Console, to break their union. They returned to work eighteen months later. Not one had crossed the picket line. A moribund union has been revitalized, and Watsonville's Latino majority emerged as a major force in local politics. At...

Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.