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"T-Bone Slim was the most popular and talented writer belonging to the Industrial Workers of the World, yet despite his importance and fame during his lifetime, his work disappeared from public view almost immediately after his death in 1942. The Popular Wobbly brings together a wide selection of his writings along with the latest research on this enigmatic character to create a vivid portrait that offers inspiration for artists and activists to march and agitate for a more just and equitable world"--
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T-Bone Slim (1882–1942), born Matti Valentinpoika Huhta, was a Finnish American humorist, columnist, poet, musician, hobo, and labor activist who was a prominent writer for the Industrial Workers of the World.
Owen Clayton is senior lecturer in English literature at the University of Lincoln in England and author of
Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos: The Literature and Culture of U.S. Transiency, 1890–1940 and
Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850–1915.
Iain McIntyre is honorary fellow with the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne; researcher at the Commons Social Change Library; and author of
Environmental Blockades: Obstructive Direct Action and the History of the Environmental Movement.
David R. Roediger is Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas and author of
The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right and
The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class.
