Lane Kirkland : Champion of American Labor

Puddington, with Freedom House, presents a biography of labor leader Kirkland (1922-90), describing a journey from a small impoverished mill town to the corridors of power in Washington to a trade union congress in Poland. He succeeded George Meany to the head of the AFL-CIO in 1979, and was ousted in a bitter battle in 1995. Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)