Break down these bars
By: Jim Edwards, as told to David Ballantyne ; edited by Graham Adams ; with an introduction by Michael King
Contributors: Ballantyne, David, 1924-1986
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780140092257
Subjects: Working class; Biography; Depressions; Travailleurs; Biographies; Crises économiques
Description: 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.
Notes: 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.