Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter iii
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION. TRUTH-TELLING FICTIONS 1
5. CHAPTER 1. STEALING THE TRADE 9
6. CHAPTER 2. "AN OBJECT OF SOLICITUDE AT ELECTION TIME" 31
7. CHAPTER 3. TELLING TALES 51
8. CHAPTER 4. "THEY WALK ON MY COLLAR IN THEIR PARTY ORGANS" 71
9. CHAPTER 5. FROM STRIKES TO STRINGS 95
10. CHAPTER 6. "A SLIM CHANCE OF MAKING GOOD" 117
11. CHAPTER 7. SAMUEL GOMPERS'S "RIGHT-HAND MAN" 143
12. CHAPTER 8. "JOAN OF ARC OF THE WOMEN OF THE LABORING CLASSES" 165
13. CONCLUSION. PROOFING THE TRUTH 185
14. NOTES 197
15. ESSAY ON SOURCES 235
16. PRIMARY SOURCES 239
17. INDEX 245