| Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir Contributor(s): Register, Cheri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060936843 ISBN-13: 9780060936846 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: An unapologetic examination of blue-collar values that merges personal memoir and public history to tell a story about family loyalty, small-town life, and working-class values in the face of a violent 1959 labor strike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | United States - 20th Century - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001032891 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.37" W x 8.06" (0.47 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique blend of memoir and public history, Packinghouse Daughter, winner of the Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of small-town, working-class life. The daughter of a Wilson & Company millwright, Cheri Register recalls the 1959 meatpackers' strike that divided her hometown of Albert Lea, Minnesota. The violence that erupted when the company replaced its union workers with strikebreakers tested family loyalty and community stability. Register skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical research, and oral interviews into a narrative that is thoughtful and impassioned about the value of blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Register, Cheri: - Cheri Register often tells people her University of Chicago Ph.D. really stands for "Packinghouse Daughter." The opening chapter of Packinghouse Daughter was cited as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 1996. Other excerpts have appeared in Hungry Mind Review, University of Chicago Magazine, and the book Is Academic Feminism Dead? Her work on this memoir has earned a Jerome Travel and Study Grant, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and grants from the Loft Literary Center and the Minnesota Historical Society. Her other books include The Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life (formerly titled Living with Chronic Illness: Days of Patience and Passion) and "Are Those Kids Yours?": American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries. She has published many essays in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, and is known for her early work in feminist literary criticism and Scandinavian literature. A writer of creative nonfiction, Register now teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she also lives. |
