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04153aam a2200409 i 4500 001 C051C93EEC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171229012527 008 170221s2017 okua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2016043996 020 $a 0806155000 020 $a 9780806155005 035 $a (OCoLC)962008177 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d TXDRI $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usp-- 050 00 $a HD6509.L58 $b B68 2017 084 $a HIS036140 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Botkin, Jane Little, $d 1952- $e author. 245 10 $a Frank Little and the IWW : $b the blood that stained an American family / $c Jane Little Botkin. 264 1 $a Norman : $b University of Oklahoma Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xxiv, 488 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Franklin Henry Little (1878-1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte, Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family secrets. In Frank Little and the IWW, author Jane Little Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle's fascinating life and reveals its connections to the history of American labor and the first Red Scare. Beginning with Little's childhood in Missouri and territorial Oklahoma, Botkin recounts his evolution as a renowned organizer and agitator on behalf of workers in corporate agriculture, oil, logging, and mining. Frank Little traveled the West and Midwest to gather workers beneath the banner of the Wobblies (as IWW members were known), making soapbox speeches on city street corners, organizing strikes, and writing polemics against unfair labor practices. His brother and sister-in-law also joined the fight for labor, but it was Frank who led the charge--and who was regularly threatened, incarcerated, and assaulted for his efforts. In his final battles in Arizona and Montana, Botkin shows, Little and the IWW leadership faced their strongest opponent yet as powerful copper magnates countered union efforts with deep-laid networks of spies and gunmen, an antilabor press, and local vigilantes. For a time, Frank Little's murder became a rallying cry for the IWW. But after the United States entered the Great War and Congress passed the Sedition Act (1918) to ensure support for the war effort, many politicians and corporations used the act to target labor "radicals," squelch dissent, and inspire vigilantism. Like other wage-working families smeared with the traitor label, the Little family endured raids, arrests, and indictments in IWW trials. Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, Botkin melds the personal narrative of an American family with the story of the labor movements that once shook the nation to its core. In doing so, she throws into sharp relief the lingering consequences of political repression"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "A biography of Franklin Henry Little, a labor organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), who was lynched in Butte, Montana in 1917. Jane Little Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle's life in detail and reveals its connections to the history of American labor and the first Red Scare"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Little, Franklin Henry, $d 1878-1917. 610 20 $a Industrial Workers of the World $v Biography. 610 20 $a Industrial Workers of the World $x History. 610 20 $a Western Federation of Miners $v Biography. 650 0 $a Miners $x Labor unions $z West (U.S.) 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) $x West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) $2 bisacsh 650 4 $a Miners $x Labor unions $z West (U.S.) 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707014106.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015619.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20190320011221.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C051C93EEC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search