The Pullman Strike...

by John Merritte Driver

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Genres: History, Labor

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1894

Reviews

[Viral]

The 130th anniversary edition of this book, which I purchased a few weeks back when I returned to Pullman National Historical Park, is a timeless reminder of the power of working people standing up to the bosses and demanding something better. The story of the Pullman strike is one of the most influential and consequential stories in modern American labor history, and there are often efforts both then and now to try to spin the actions of the workers as unjustified. Reverend Carwardine was an active pastor in the town of Pullman during the strike, and wrote this excellent piece defending the strike and showing the struggles of the people of the town at the time. He faced a lot of blowback for it, and his contribution to labor historiography has been largely overlooked since. I'm glad the NPS site carries this book, I'm glad to have read it, and I appreciated the forewords that contextualized the strike's importance in the labor movement. A timeless read!

[Linda Bieze]

This is the 130th anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Peter Cole. Rev. Carwardine gives a mostly balanced, first-hand account of the events and abuses that led up to the 1894 strike by workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, IL.

[C.D.]

Interesting perspective on the Pullman strike from the man who was pastor at the church in Pullman.