Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin
First edition cover of Canadian release
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| Author | Susan Mayse |
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| Country | Canada |
| Subject | Organized labor |
| Genre | non-fiction, book |
| Publisher | Harbour Publishing |
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Publication date
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1 January 1990 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 212 pp., with index and bibliography |
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| OCLC | 21672611 |
| 331.88/122334/092 | |
| LC Class | HD6525.G66 |
Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin is a non-fiction book written by Canadian writer, Susan Mayse; first published in January 1990, by Harbour Publishing. In the book, the author gives a narrative account of the life and "untimely" death of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin; a migrant coal miner from Treeton, England. In 1910, Goodwin arrived on Vancouver Island to work in the Cumberland mines. He became an active labour leader, organizing local unions for collective bargaining.
The book chronicles Goodwin's rise to prominent heights of leadership and labour advocacy, to become vice president of the British Columbia Federation of Labour and president of both the Trail Trades and Labour Council and the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. When Goodwin reached the pinnacle of his career, his biography took an unanticipated turn; rapidly declining to the point of Goodwin's death – from a single bullet fired by a Constable of the Dominion Police. The controversy around Goodwin's death remains as of 2014[update], and Mayse provides a thorough account of the events in Ginger.
Susan Mayse, a Vancouver Island resident, had written in many formats prior to Goodwin's biography, including newspaper articles, radio plays, and novels. The book had its beginnings in a script for a radio play for CBC Ideas, written by Mayse in 1989, titled "The Shooting of Ginger Goodwin". In researching the book, she consulted newspapers, pamphlets, personal correspondence, journals, books, dissertations, papers, photographs and transcripts from the period. Personal interviews with residents of British Columbia also informed the book's content. Mayse has traced her roots to the mining towns of Yorkshire, very close to Goodwin's home town.
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