This novel tells the story of a small-town, working-class life in the mid 1900’s. The daughter of a meatpacking company millwright, Cheri Register tells about the event, which divides her small town of Albert Lea during time of depression. Albert Lea, Minnesota was an industrial town of only 13,545 people. Surrounding the area was cornfields, lakes, cattail marshes, knolls, and oak groves. Albert Lea still was in the 1950’s when this story began. Cheri was an …showed first 75 words of 814 total…

…showed last 75 words of 814 total…family in the mid 1900’s: 1943-1970. Cheri Register tells the story about her father’s involvement with the historical strike against the Wilson & Co. meatpacking industry. The Packinghouse Daughter was a really interesting book. This book provided the reader with incredible detail you could only understand if read the book. If interested in learning about the development of industry during the depression time of the mid 1900’s this is an excellent book to consider reading.