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Summary: both devastating and inspiring
Review: I first read this book about 10 years ago, and I was struck by both the author's despair, and the amount of work that needs to be done. He does a great job of convincing the reader that unions are relevant. He also made me see that they should be saved, from themselves, and from the incredibly restrictive U.S. labour laws.
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Summary: Dynamite book
Review: I recently picked this up again. Both a great sketch of labor history and especially labor in the 80's, and also a kind of coming of age story of a man struggling with his idealism. For all that, it's absolutely fun to read - the tone is sharp and fast, and the author never takes himself too seriously. Reminds me of another favorite on a different topic, Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner.
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Summary: Forget the politics -- this is great writing
Review: Never mind that Geohogan was dead wrong about the future of organized labor or that his pre-Clinton paleoliberalism is dated and painfully overwrought or even that he would have deep and abiding personal contempt for a conservative like me. This guy can flat-out write like a dream.Without a doubt, every anecdote in this book is exaggerated and twisted for rhetorical effect. But what a memoir it is, alternately melancholy and funny, by a great storyteller who has the self-awareness to mock his own martyr complex. A classic of style over substance.
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Summary: Which Side Are You On
Review: This book is about a girl named Barbara. Her day started out as a disaster. She failed math. Once she got her report card she accidentally threw it away. Her mother told her she had to improve her grade by getting a tutor. If she didn't she would not be able to go to her friend's birthday sleepover party. Barbara thought that was horrible because her tutor was her worst enemy. It was T.J. Brodie. He always bossed her around and teased her. While T.J. was tutoring her, she was beginning to like him. She was getting to know him more and more. The only problem was that her friends thought T.J. was a mean and cruel person. She had to decide if they were really her friends. One day T.J. didn't show up at school. He didn't show up for the week. Barbara asks T.J.'s grandfather if he was sick. He said he wasn't there and would not say anything more. Barbara finds out where T.J. is by looking through the teachers roll book. He was at a group home. She writes him a letter asking him to come back home and that his grandfather really misses him. Barbara's mother helps her to try to get T.J. to come home. Barbara suddenly realizes she really misses T.J. and will do anything to try to get him back.
This book was good. It was interesting from the beginning to the end. It really kept the reader from stopping, and it never had a boring part. The author gave great details about the setting and characters. The book also was good because the plot was not just about one idea. The only problem was that there were no adventurous parts that would make the book even more interesting. I would rate this book four out of five stars.
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Summary: Which Side Are You On
Review: This is an excellent book about labor unions which sides with labor from a fresh perspective. Pro free trade, the author is not just peddling the same old protectionist line. From the first line of the book, you realize this author knows what he's talking about and speaks for no one but himself. Also a good book for anyone interested in the fortunes of the Democratic party.
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Summary: Which Side Are You On?
Review: This is an excellent book about labor unions which sides with labor from a fresh perspective. Pro free trade, the author is not just peddling the same old protectionist line. From the first line of the book, you realize this author knows what he's talking about and speaks for no one but himself. Also a good book for anyone interested in the fortunes of the Democratic party.
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Summary: Recommended
Review: This is an outstanding book, full of heart and voice. I've begun using it in my Business Reporting class at Boston University.
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