Break down these bars
by Jim Edwards
This is the story of Jim Edwards, who was six weeks on the run and was sentenced to two years jail with hard labour for allegedly inflaming the Queen Street 'riots' of 1932. It tells of the events of that dramatic night, of the great marches of the unemployed, of the Depression 'slave camps' where man lost self-respect. It is the story of a man whose spirit police batons could not quell, whose sense of humour made light of jail and of being an outlaw on the run ..."--Back cover.
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Working class, Biography, Depressions, Travailleurs, Biographies, Crises économiquesPeople
Jim Edwards (1892-1952)Places
New Zealand, Nouvelle-ZélandeTimes
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On cover: an authentic working-class voice.
"The story of Jim Edwards ... sentenced to two years in jail with hard labour for allegedly inflaming the Queen Street riots of 1932"--Back cover.
1/4 binding.
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