03370cam a2200529 4500 1843406622 TxAuBib 20250103120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781611175912 1611175917 B0178I2YRI Amazon bb068cb2-7461-4188-a496-b0a679b9bc44 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2520349 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Moore, Michele. The Cigar Factory [Libby eBook] : A Novel of Charleston. University of South Carolina Press, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2986kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Man's World (magazine.) Dust cover (firearms.) Seventh Son (novel.) siegfried sassoon. God Knows (novel.) Minimum wage law. I Wish (manhwa.) Before Sunrise. union blockade. Robert Smalls. Tobacco Smoke. grandparent. cotton mill. cigarette. charlie's. Cigarillo. Slavery. tobacco. cigar. HTML:<b>Two women kept apart by segregation at a Southern cigar factory forge a powerful alliance in the labor rights movement in this historical novel.</b><br /> With evocative dialect and remarkable prose, <i>The Cigar Factory</i> tells the story of two entwined families—the white McGonegals and the African American Ravenels—in the storied port city of Charleston, South Carolina, during the World Wars. Moore's novel follows the parallel lives of family matriarchs working on segregated floors of the massive Charleston cigar factory, where white and black workers remain divided and misinformed about the duties and treatment received by each other.<br /> Cassie McGonegal and her niece Brigid work upstairs in the factory rolling cigars by hand. Meliah Amey Ravenel works in the basement, where she stems the tobacco. While both suffer in the harsh working conditions of the factory and endure the sexual harassment of the foremen, segregation keeps them from recognizing their common plight until the Tobacco Workers Strike of 1945.<br /> Through the experience of a brutal picket line, the two women discover how much they stand to gain by joining forces, creating a powerful moment in labor history that gives rise to the Civil Rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome." Moore's historical research includes interviews with family members who worked at the cigar factory, adding nuance and authenticity to her empowering story of struggle, loss, and redemption.<br /> <b>Foreword by <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author Pat Conroy</b><br /> <b>Winner of the 2016 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize</b>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-02 20:00:03. Conroy, Pat. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bb068cb2-7461-4188-a496-b0a679b9bc44&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bb068cb2-7461-4188-a496-b0a679b9bc44&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)