Packinghouse Daughter

Packinghouse Daughter merges personal memoir and public history to tell a compelling story about family loyalty, small-town life, and working-class values in the face of a violent labor strike in 1959. The daughter of a Wilson & Company packinghouse worker, Cheri Register recalls the meatpackers' strike that devastated and divided her hometown of Albert Lea, Minnesota.

• Author: Cheri Register
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press (2000)
• ISBN: 9780873513913