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DESCRIPTION:Book reading Frisco by Daniel Bacon\n\nFrisco is the most important 
 dramatic novel centered around the San Francisco General Strike in 1934. 
 Bacon has integrated the characters, including Harry Bridges and other 
 leaders of the ILWU, into the novel and gives a gripping portrayal of the 
 class struggle. \n \nIn the summer of 1934, a strange silence descended on 
 San Francisco. Streetcars disappeared. Gas stations closed. Theater 
 marquees turned off. Stores and restaurants locked their doors. Butcher 
 shops ran out of meat. The wealthy fled to their country estates. It was as 
 if the city had died. In his debut novel, Bacon describes the forces that 
 led to this extraordinary state of affairs. We see it through the eyes of 
 Nick Benson and Clarisa McMahon, a young couple whose relationship is torn 
 apart when financial hardship forces them to take separate paths. The 
 former lovers must then learn to survive in a city that is struggling with 
 a broken economy and a widening gap between rich and poor. \n \nBased on 
 historic events, Frisco introduces us to Harry Bridges, a charismatic union 
 organizer who leads longshoremen into a strike that spreads to the entire 
 West Coast. On opposites sides of this bloody conflict between capital and 
 labor, Nick and Clarisa find their loyalties wavering, their relationship 
 uncertain. In telling this tale, Bacon delivers a passionate story of 
 betrayal and redemption, amid a tumultuous period when the City by the Bay 
 was affectionately known as Frisco. \n\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.daniel-bacon.com/frisco/ 
 \nhttp://www.thegreenarcade.com/pg/03about.html\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/17/18787661.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Frisco by Daniel Bacon, Book Reading
LOCATION:Green Arcade Bookstore - 1680 Market St. at Gough, San Francisco.  Civic 
 Center BART, Van Ness Muni Metro Station.\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/17/18787661.php
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