Boyd Payton (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Black cloth with gold lettering. Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, a little speckling on leading edge. Jacket in new Brodart, Sunning to spine, along top edge, and down leading edge. Minor edge wear and chipping, primarily at top and base of spine and along leading edge. A nice copy. ; Inscribed by author on front free end paper. ; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 334 pages; " Henderson, North Carolina was in 1959 the scene of one of the country's ugliest and most protracted labor strikes, brought about by the attempt of the Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills to break the back of the Textile Workers Union in that area. Many injustices were done to union members and officials, but the most outrageous was the trumped-up charge of conspiracy to dynamite a textile mill that put Boyd Payton, an International Vice President of the union, behind bars. "Scapegoat tells the complete story of the strike, of Boyd Payton's imprisonment, and of his ultimate full pardon. Before the pardon came, Payton spent an agonizing nine months in jail, witnessing numerous acts of sadism and cruelty that most people would attribute to the Dark Ages. " Most men in Payton's position would have been filled with anger and despair, justifiably so. But he turned not inward, but toward his fellow prisoners. He taught them, advised them, became respected among them. And he observed. "Scapegoat is not a bitter book; it is not a biased book. It is an honest, penetrating look at modern American justice that should be read by everyone with the slightest interest in the union movement and/or the promotion of law and order in this country. " ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author. Labor strike in North Carolina. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED TO A JUDGE AND SIGNED MY AUTHOR. The account of the 1959 labor strike and conflict at the Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills in Henderson, NC. Author was a labor leader imprisoned because of the conflict and was later pardoned. Author's small address label affixed to front endpaper. Light edge rubbing to dust jacket. Jacket in archival protector. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Condition of Hardback Book and Dustjacket: Near Fine. This book is very firm and clean for its age. Photo attached Henderson, North Carolina was in 1959 the scene of one of the country's ugliest and most protracted labor strikes, brought about by the attempt of the Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills to break the back of the Textile Workers Union in that area. Many injustices were done to union members and officials, but the most outrageous was the trumped-up charge of conspiracy to dynamite a textile mill that put Boyd Payton, an International Vice President of the union behind bars. Scapegoat tells the complete story of the strike, of Boyd Payton's imprisonment, and of his ultimate full pardon. Before the pardon came, Payton spent an agonizing nine months in jail, witnessing numerous acts of sadism and cruelty that most people would attribute to the Dark Ages. Most men in Payton's position would have been filled with anger and despair, justifiably so. But he turned not inward, but toward his fellow prisoners. He taught them, advised them, became respected among them. And he observed."--Jacket 334pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: As New. Neuf. 13 7x17 3x1 7cm. 2021. blu_ray. As New.