Description: In the 1930s George Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. He went beyond his assignment to investigate the employed as well-"to see the most typical section of the English working class." Orwell was not one to observe from the sidelines. He shared the experiences of the coal miners in Lancashire and Yorkshire, living in foul lodgings, subsisting on a meager diet, and going down into the hellish, back-breaking mines. He also met people, out of work for years, who had sunk beyond despair into an inhuman apathy. What he saw and recorded helped clarify his feelings about socialism. In the latter part of his book he speaks out on why socialism, the only remedy to the shocking conditions he had witnessed, repelled "so many normal decent people," and why it was in danger of losing out to fascism. His rebuke was so stinging that it brought a rebuttal from one of his sponsors, Victor Gollancz, published as a Foreword to the original edition of The Road to Wigan Pier and included here. This is a first American edition of George Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier". This paperback book was published by Harvest/Harcourt Brace in 1958. It features softcover wraps and is written in English. The book discusses the topic of socialism and includes special attributes like being an original edition. This item is a great addition to any book collection and is a must-have for fans of George Orwell.
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: USA
UPC: 0156767503
Publisher: Harvest/Harcourt Brace
Subject: Socialism
Year Printed: 1958
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: First American Edition
Author: George Orwell
Region: North America
Topic: Socialism
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
