The Resource The last ballad : a novel, Wiley Cash
The last ballad : a novel, Wiley Cash
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Resource Information
The item The last ballad : a novel, Wiley Cash represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
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- Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth century America, and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and haunting, this eloquent novel confirms Wiley Cash's place among the nation's finest writers
- "The eagerly awaited next novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling A Land More Kind Than Home about a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together in the years before the Great Depression, a haunting and moving story of cowardice, courage and sacrifice"--
- Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union--a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town, and all that she loves. Intertwining myriad voice, Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America--and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Note
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- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9780062682031
- Label
- The last ballad : a novel
- Title
- The last ballad
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Wiley Cash
- Subject
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- Audiobooks
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Labor union members -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Textile workers -- Labor unions -- Fiction
- Textile workers -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- United States
- Working mothers -- Fiction
- 1900-1999
- Audiobooks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth century America, and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and haunting, this eloquent novel confirms Wiley Cash's place among the nation's finest writers
- "The eagerly awaited next novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling A Land More Kind Than Home about a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together in the years before the Great Depression, a haunting and moving story of cowardice, courage and sacrifice"--
- Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union--a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town, and all that she loves. Intertwining myriad voice, Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America--and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Adapted from publisher information
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cash, Wiley
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Karen White and Elizabeth Wiley
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1962 April 21-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- White, Karen
- Wiley, Elizabeth
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Working mothers
- Textile workers
- Textile workers
- Labor union members
- United States
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The last ballad : a novel, Wiley Cash
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
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- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1003654923
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Governing access note
- Restricted to PRINT DISABLED Patrons
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780062682031
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780062682031
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The last ballad : a novel, Wiley Cash
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1003654923
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Governing access note
- Restricted to PRINT DISABLED Patrons
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780062682031
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780062682031
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Labor union members -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Textile workers -- Labor unions -- Fiction
- Textile workers -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- United States
- Working mothers -- Fiction
- 1900-1999
- Audiobooks
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