Author: SAUL ALINSKY
Title: John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography
Description: NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1949, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾. Book, 1949 first edition. Saul Alinsky's 2nd published book Once considered one of America's most powerful men, John L. Lewis was leader to millions of America's unionized industrial workers; his voice dominated and shaped the American labor movement in the 1930s. Lewis served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920-1960; as a major player in the history of coal mining, Lewis was founding president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which established the United Steel Workers of America and helped organize millions of other industrial workers during the Great Depression. Saul Alinsky, author of 'Rules for Radicals', wrote his unauthorized biography using his own files about John L. Lewis and from personal knowledge -- he and Lewis were friends. Overall in very good condition. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: UNION BOSS, Labor unions, social history & social movements, biography