Big Annie of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution - Hardcover

Stanley, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517700980 ISBN 13: 9780517700983

Publisher: Crown Pub, 1996

Synopsis

Introduces young readers to the dramatic Michigan copper miner's strike of 1913 and the heroic woman who led it, in a story about the industrialization of America, the birth of the labor movement, and the immigrant experience.

About this title

About the Author:

* Jerry Stanley was born in Highland Park, Michigan in 1941.  When he was seventeen years old, he joined the air force and was stationed in California, where he has lived ever since.

* Once out of the air force, Jerry went to college, during which time he supported himself as a rock-'n'-roll drummer on the weekends.  He received both his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona.  

* Jerry is now is a professor of history at California State University in Bakersfield, where he teaches courses on the American West, the American Indian, and California history.  In addition to his children's books, Jerry is the author of numerous articles for both scholarly journals and popular magazines.

* Among Jerry's hobbies are bowling, racquetba

From the Inside Flap:

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Award-winning author Jerry Stanley tells a true story of the Industrial Revolution and the role women played in the early history of America's labot unions. Annie Clemenc was the wife of a miner in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. When the miners struck in 1913, Annie led them in daily protest demonstrations, only to suffer beatings and imprisonment. But her determination inspired the miners to continue to strike against great odds. Gripping and informative, this is a story that illustrates the experience of the industrial laborers who built modern America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0517700980
• ISBN 13: 9780517700983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Boughton S.