Haymarket

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A true-to-history of the Chicago Haymarket riot of 1886, this novel brings te passio and turmoil of teh late nineteenth century labour movement to life. A remarkable tale of love, dissent and self-sacrifice. This is renowned historian Duberman's first work of fiction.

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[A] deeply moving tale that works as both love story and political statement. Jay Freeman, Booklist

Haymarketis a spirited fictional reconstruction of the police-instigated Haymarket riot in Chicago in 1886. . . . [W]e should be grateful to Duberman for spotlighting a neglected chapter in the struggle for workplace rights and human dignity. Peter Franck, Washington Post

This book brings to life a haunting episode in the ever moving history of American labor. I read it with pleasure and profit. Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments

Haymarketreveals Martin Duberman's unique combination fo talents as historian and writer of imaginative literature. Through the story of Albert and Lucy Parsons, he brings to life the social texture and gross inequalities of Reconstruction Texas and Gilded Age Chicago, and strikingly illuminates the radicalism that helped to shape modern America. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University

Easy to read and bursting with history. Seattle Times

Author Bio

MARTIN DUBERMAN is Distinguished Professor of History at the City University of New York and the author of some twenty books.