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An autobiographical narrative follows a mill-boy from a bereaved childhood into life worked out in shops and textile mills, detailing household arrangements with relatives, early duties in a fish shop, and the rigors of factory routine. It chronicles attempts at self-improvement through informal schooling, music and art, and participation in clubs and labor actions, including wage cuts and strikes. Alongside episodes of enlistment and small entrepreneurial ventures, the account reflects on how machinery, employer practices, and social networks shape bodily toil, ambitions, and moments of solidarity and hardship in a working-class life.

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Title: Through the mill: The life of a mill-boy

Author: Frederic Kenyon Brown

Illustrator: Wladyslaw T. Benda

Release date: July 14, 2022 [eBook #68521]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Pilgrim Press, 1911

Credits: David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

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