Title
Bill Haywood's Book
Subtitle
The Autobiography of William D. Haywood
Hardcover book. Autobiography of William D. Haywood, also called "Big Bill" Haywood (1869–1928), a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. Involved in the Lawrence Strike of 1912, covered in Chapter XV.
From the front cover: “Wm. D. Haywood’s own story told against the turbulent background of American labor struggles—strikes, lockouts, deportations, imprisonments, murder trials, martial law, lynchings and exile—a swiftly moving narrative as absorbing as a novel, written during the last year of Haywood’s life.”
Contents
I. Boyhood Among the Mormons
II. Miners, Cowboys and Indians
III. Homestead and Hard Times
IV. Silver City
V. The Wester Federation of Miners
VI. Telluride
VII. Tin Houses and Autocracy
VIII. Cripple Creek
IX. In the Crucibles of Colorado
X. “Deportation or Death”
XI. Industrial Workers of the World
XII. “Undesirable Citizens”
XIII. The Boise Trial
XIV. The World Widens
XV. The Lawrence Strike
XVI. “Article 2, Section 6”
XVII. The Pageant
XVIII. The U. S. Industrial Relations Commission
XIX. Raids! Raids! Raids!
XX. The I.W.W. Trials
XXI. The Prison
XXII. With Drops of Blood
XXIII. The Centralia Tragedy
XXIV. Farewell, Capitalist America!
XXV. Haywood’s Life in the Soviet Union
Appendices I–III.
Bookplate inscription: “Presented to Lawrence Public Library by Mr. George P. Farrell.”
Publisher
New York: International Publishers
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Haywood, William D.
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.