Chapter II: Introduction: 11

CHAPTER

I. THE HUNGRY FORTIES 15

II. A WAGE EARNER 22

III. EDUCATION AT LAST 31

IV. PIONEERS AND VICTIMS 37

V. DARE TO BE A UNION MAN 54

VI. A DEFEAT AND A VICTORY 61

VII. DARK DAYS 75

VIII. FAREWELLS 90

IX. RESURRECTIONS 98

X. SUCCESS AT LAST 107

XI. UNREST 124

XII. THE GREAT STRIKE 136

XIII. DEFEAT 156

XIV. PARTING FROM OLD FRIENDS 173

XV. THE NEW MODEL 178

XVI. THE GREAT WAR 190

XVII. THE LABOUR PARTY 201

XVIII. PARLIAMENT 221

INDEX 238

ILLUSTRATIONS

GEORGE EDWARDS, M.P., O.B.E. _Frontispiece_

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THE AUTHOR'S BIRTHPLACE, MARSHAM, NORFOLK 18

MR. AND MRS. EDWARD'S FIRST HOME AFTER MARRIAGE, OULTON-NEXT-AYLSHAM, NORFOLK 32

THE FIRST OFFICE OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' UNION, GRESHAM, NORFOLK 156

THE LATE MRS. GEORGE EDWARDS 184