A review by alys
Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris Jones, Mary Field Parton, Clarence Darrow

4.0

A very interesting history of the Labor movement as seen through the eyes of one of the most prominent and iconic organizers. I had known that the early years of unionizing were often violent, but I was a little appalled at just how many atrocious injustices were recounted here, a relentless list of deaths, trumped up charges, bribes and corruption. Also stories of bravery and indomitable will as well. I wish some of the stories had been more fleshed out. Several times I felt an entire book could have been written about something that is given barely a paragraph. (Which, technically, is true. I was inspired to read this in the first place after reading a book about another labor organizer, whose murder inspires barely two lines in the autobiography.)