Kenneth Carley

"This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War." "From diaries and letters, journals and newspaper accounts, the words of the men who fought convey the terror of battle, the drudgery of marching, the fear of death, and the honor of camaraderie." "In addition to the extensive use of first-hand accounts of the war, this book contains many seldom-seen contemporary photographs, portraits, and artifacts drawn from the Minnesota Historical Society's outstanding connections."--BOOK JACKET.

"Packinghouse Daughter is a blend of memoir, myth, and the lost history of a Midwestern labor town. The daughter of a Wilson & Co. packinghouse worker, Cheri Register vividly recalls the 1959 meat-packers' strike that devastated and divided her hometown. Haunted by memories of her confused coming-of-age in the midst of the strike, she embarks on historical research through newspaper items, state records, company and union archives. Where no written account exists, she conducts interviews of participants on both sides of the strike - all in an effort to understand when the rift between the company and its workers began and why it ran so deep.". "The more she probes, the more she finds that she can no longer divide labor issues into the simplified terms of her youth. As part of the first generation of her family to attend college, much less attain a Ph.D., Register struggles to acknowledge such complexities without dishonoring her past. Her journey reflects the inner conflict felt by a generation propelled into the middle class by post-War prosperity, people like herself who feel "caught between the blue-collar values of the communities we left behind and our new status as the 'rich' people we used to scoff at.""--BOOK JACKET.

History in words and pictures.