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Keir Hardie

Labour's Greatest Hero?

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Lion Hudson
  • 13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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For readers interested in social change and history

Reveals how faith shaped Keir Hardie's journey

You will be inspired by his resilience and vision

Explore the life of Keir Hardie, a man of faith and social justice.

Keir Hardie was a complicated man. Born illegitimate just outside Glasgow in 1856, his life didn't start gently. Before the age of ten he was the sole wage earner in his working class, atheist family. After the Christian baker he assisted fired him for being late to work (he'd been nursing his sick mother), he ended up in the coal pits at 11. He never went to school but was self-taught, avidly reading books lent him by a kind young clergyman. His life saw two major conversions: first to Christianity, and then to socialism. Most biographies omit the former, pointing out his experience of hardship as the source of his passion for social justice. But the role of Christianity in his life was profound, and without it a true picture of this extraordinary life cannot be drawn. Hardie was no plaster saint. But his fully human story - about rising above hardship to forge a better world - continues to be a source of inspiration today.
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  • Title

    Keir Hardie

  • Author

    Bob Holman

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Lion Hudson

  • Published

    March 2010

  • Weight

    268g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780745953540

  • ISBN-10

    0745953549

  • Eden Code

    2672102

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