The Big Strike - San Francisco General Strike of 1934

More than fifty years have passed since the Great Maritime Strike of 1934. Thirteen years have come and gone since this book was written. More than two years have gone by since Mike Quin died. And this book by Mike Quin, telling the story of the Great Maritime Strike, is just now, after all these years, first seeing the light of publication. Surely the story of 1934 has been worth telling. Just as surely, never has the story of a great labor struggle been told in such vivid and dramatic terms, for the author was both observer and participant, and yet this story is coupled with painstaking accuracy and historic authenticity. Most certain of all, Mike Quin was a gifted storyteller with a knack for getting people to stop and listen.