“The Man Who Never Died reminds us that it took a people’s movement to create America’s middle class, and that people must get moving pronto for the bosses, bankers, BS-ers, and bastards are going all out to kill it. Adler gives us an epic of investigative reporting and narrative history that will lift you up and, once again, put the ‘move’ in movement. Don’t mourn, read this book, get out of the La-Z-Boy, and join the action.” – Jim Hightower
Joe Hill has become a mythic figure in the history of American labor organizing. As a songwriter, his songs voiced support of industrial unionism and the Industrial Workers of the World (of which he was a member) in the early twentieth century. He was immortalized in the famous song I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night, sung here by the one and only Pete Seeger:
Hill was convicted of murder during the height of the labor organizing movement in 1914, but many at the time believed he was innocent and targeted for his work to organize workers and demand fair labor conditions.
William Adler believes Hill’s innocence, too, and he’s written a meticulously researched book to try and prove it. The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times and Legacy of Joe Hill is the culmination of five years of research, presenting never before published information that points to Hill’s innocence.
This Wednesday, November 16, 7p, Adler will be here to tell the full story of Joe Hill. In the spirit of his subject, he’ll be joined by Atomic Duo, whose political songs call to light modern American issues in the tradition of American folk music.
At a time when Americans are rising up again to be heard, this book is an important and thorough documentation of what happened to one man who did just that, written by someone determined to get the real story.
For more information about the book and William Adler, visit his highly informative website, where you can find music, an excerpt of the book, and a gallery of period images such as the one below:
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