My World is Gone: Memories of Life in a Southern Cotton Mill Town

Baseball. religion. work. death. and the company store—these figured eminently in the lives of Southern cotton mill workers and their families during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this firsthand account of his native Bladenboro, North Carolina, George G. Suggs, Jr., captures in rich detail the world of a thriving cotton mill town where the company was dominant but workers had forged a strong community. Here the focus is on the workers—their interests, personalities, and value…