Goldsborough by Stefan Heym

Goldsborough by the German-American writer Stefan Heym. The book is a work of proletarian literature first published in English in 1953. Book Details Title: Goldsborough Author: Stefan Heym (pen name for Helmut Flieg) Genre: Proletarian Novel, Fiction Original Language: English, though often found in German translation Plot: The novel is set in the fictional coal mining town of Goldsborough, Pennsylvania, during a miners' strike in 1949–1950. It tells the story of Carlisle Kennedy, a miner who leads a wildcat strike when the local union fails to act against the company. The novel was written while Heym was in the United States, but he finished it in East Germany after facing McCarthyism. The first edition in English was published in Leipzig in 1953 by Paul List, and a U.S. publisher, Blue Heron Press, released it a year later. Preowned Pickup is 58th and 7th Ave in midtown Manhattan