Jimmie Higgins is a small, devoted socialist in a factory town, a machinist who sweeps the hall and hands out leaflets for the cause while his wife Lizzie wants only to see the pictures. As America is drawn into the First World War, the conflict between his pacifist convictions, his job in a munitions works and the pull of patriotism tears at his loyalties.
A passionate political novel from the author of The Jungle, showing the war through a working man’s eyes. Download the free EPUB.