Well-written and meticulously researched. Getman gives a gripping account of the unfolding drama. The book is a must for American studies because of its rich insights into a Yankee community under stress, and it is a gold mine for social movement researchers because it neatly outlines the opportunity structure and chronicles the learning process of the strikers. (The Journal of American History) Getman dramatically recaptures the emotions and financial tolls the strike exacted. (Booklist) Getman's most gripping passages touch on how one employer and one sort of job can define an entire town's people. A moving and angering book, this is recommended for academic libraries and for public libraries in industrial communications. (Library Journal) In the story of a failed strike, Jack Getman found an eloquent vehicle for expressing hope for the future of the American labor movement. A great story filled with great characters.

- Jose M. Perez (The Working Stiff Journal, Austin, Texas) Law professor Getman focuses on paper workers' Local 14, the Androscoggin union, and offers a brilliant, layered exegesis of their ultimately unsuccessful 17-month struggle. A well-researched journalistic account of one labor battle that sheds light on a plethora of larger themes: the strategic use of strikes; the effectiveness of corporate campaigns; the battles between local unions and large, bureaucratic internationals; the impact of a strike on every facet of community life; and the current state of the labor movement. A call to arms for union democratization and a focused look at antilabor laws that allow hiring 'permanent replacements,' Getman's book is an extremely readable, insightful look at the plight of workers throughout the U.S. (Publishers Weekly (starred review)) The story of 1,200 paperworkers in Jay, Maine is perhaps best understood, not as a discrete chapter in American labor history, but as a bloody strand in the torn fabric of the American Dream at the end of the twentieth century. (The Texas Observer).