Will Crooks grew up in a one-roomed home in the East End, spent part of his childhood in the workhouse, tramped the country looking for work as a cooper, and rose to sit in Parliament for Woolwich. His friend George Haw follows him through Poplar’s schools, docks and council chambers, showing a man who refused every chance to leave the working class he represented.
A vivid record of early Labour politics and Edwardian poverty, introduced by G. K. Chesterton. Download the free EPUB.