CONTENTS

PAGE
Foreword[5]
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]
TO FACE PAGE
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]