A labor strike at a lumber mill divides a town based on the author's hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. and "The Land of Plenty and " portrays the blue-collar workers' struggle for existence and depicts, with sensitivity and compassion, workers and owners alike in their poverty, depravity, and their ultimate goodness. and "The Land of Plenty and " created a political firestorm when it was published to great success in 1935. Long out -f-print, one of the most graphically exciting novels of the Thirties and a lost classic of American history is available again through Pharos Editions.Selected and Introduced by Jess Walter ( and "Beautiful Ruins, The Financial Lives of the Poets and ").