“This may just be the most powerful work by this gifted author. He bears witness to the lives of the hard-working people who worked the cotton mill in Jacksonville, Alabama, and he doesn’t let them down. He conveys their essence with power: “You need not use foul language to damn a man here. Just say a day’s work would kill him, and you tore him down to the bald nothing.” Bragg reminds us of a set of values and a way of life that defined our country far better than the bigger is better fast-money culture of Wall Street. This book is a powerhouse!”—Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver, OR