The Popular Wobbly (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota, 2025
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Paperback. The first critical edition of the writings of the prolific radical workers newspaper columnist and musician who rode the rails during the Great DepressionThe Popular Wobbly brings together a wide selection of writings by T-Bone Slim, the most popular and talented writer belonging to the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Slim wrote humorous, polemical pieces, engaging with topics like labor and class injustice, which were mostly published in IWW publications from 1920 until his death in 1942. Although relatively little is known about Slim, editors Owen Clayton and Iain McIntyre coalesce the latest research on this enigmatic character to create a vivid portrait that adds valuable context for the array of writings assembled here. Known as the laureate of the logging camps, Slim also composed numerous songs that have been performed and recorded by Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, and Candie Carawan, who in 1960 updated Slims song The Popular Wobbly with Civil Rightsera lyrics. Slims witticisms, sayings, and exhortations (Wherever you find injustice, the proper form of politeness is attack; Only the poor break lawsthe rich evade them) were widely discussed among fellow hobos across the jungle campfires that dotted the railways, and some even transcribed his commentary on boxcars that traveled the country. Yet despite Slims importance and fame during his lifetime, his work disappeared from public view almost immediately after his death.The Popular Wobbly is the first critical edition of Slims work and also a significant contribution to literature about working-class writers, the radical labor movement, and the history and culture of nomadism and precarity. With this publication, Slims rediscovered writings can once again inspire artists and activists to march and agitate for a more just and equitable world. The first critical edition of the writings of T-Bone Slim, the prolific radical workers newspaper columnist and musician who rode the rails during the Great Depression, and also a significant contribution to literature about working-class writers, the radical labor movement, and the history and culture of nomadism and precarity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …
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- Title
- The Popular Wobbly (Paperback)
- Author
- T-Bone Slim
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1517914965
- ISBN 13
- 9781517914967
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About the Author
T-Bone Slim (1882–1942), born Matti Valentinpoika Huhta, was a Finnish American humorist, columnist, poet, musician, hobo, and labor activist who was a prominent writer for the Industrial Workers of the World.
Owen Clayton is senior lecturer in English literature at the University of Lincoln in England and author of Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos: The Literature and Culture of U.S. Transiency, 1890–1940 and Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850–1915.
Iain McIntyre is honorary fellow with the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne; researcher at the Commons Social Change Library; and author of Environmental Blockades: Obstructive Direct Action and the History of the Environmental Movement.
David R. Roediger is Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas and author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right and The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class.
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