Ernest Poole
The Harbor
At the heart of the story is Billy; an aspiring writer who struggles to reconcile his sympathy for workers with his middle-class allegiance to capitalist progress. As Billy comes of age on the New York waterfront; an eyewitness to explosive tensions between labor and capital that culminate in a violent strike; he learns to embrace socialism as the solution to the harbor's seething injustices. This novel; one of the most direct literary treatments of class warfare; is a valuable social history and a powerful testament to Poole's legendary talent.
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