My World Is Gone
Subtitle: Memories of Life in a Southern Cotton Mill Town
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780814330357
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Manufacturing industries; Social history; 20th century; North Carolina - Local History; Textile And Clothing Industries (Economic Aspects); Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry; Industries - Textile Industry; Regional Subjects - South; Historical - General; 1929-; Biography; Bladenboro; Cotton textile industry; History; North Carolina; Suggs, George G.,; Textile workers
Description: "Baseball, religion, work, death, and the company store - these figured eminently in the lives of Southern cotton mill workers and their families during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this firsthand account of his native Bladenboro, North Carolina, George G. Suggs, Jr., captures the world of a thriving cotton mill town where the company was dominant but workers had forged a strong community.

Here the focus is on the workers - their interests, personalities, and values - in their best and in their darker moments. Ultimately we see the many dimensions of working-class culture and taste a way of life that has vanished." "Drawing upon childhood memories and his father's recollections, Suggs covers events in Bladenboro during the 1930s and 40s."--BOOK JACKET.