The Bread-Winners is an 1883 anti-labor novel by John Hay, who was Assistant Secretary to the President under Abraham Lincoln, and McKinley's final secretary of state. Originally published anonymously in installments in The Century Magazine, the book attracted wide interest and provoked considerable speculation over the author's identity. Hay wrote his only novel as a reaction to several strikes that affected him and his business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. In the main storyline, a wealthy former army captain, Arthur Farnham, organizes Civil War veterans to keep the peace when the Bread-winners, a group of lazy and malcontented workers, call a violent general strike. Hay left hints as to his identity in the novel, and some guessed right, but he never acknowledged the book as his, and it did not appear with his name on it until after his death in 1905. Hay's hostile view of organized labor was soon seen as outdated, and the book is best remembered for its onetime popularity and controversial nature.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising, which was suppressed by the Order within a few hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_of_the_Priests
1831:
The Russian Empire brought the Polish November Uprising to an end when its troops captured Warsaw after a two-day assault. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_%281831%29
1935:
U.S. senator Huey Long was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dying two days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long
1966:
The American science fiction show Star Trek premiered with "The Man Trap", launching a media franchise that has since created a cult phenomenon and has influenced the design of many current technologies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek
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bottle episode: (originally US, television) An episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast members, etc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bottle_episode
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