← Harvey SwadosFalse Coinby Harvey SwadosFind on Amazon↗About the authorHarvey SwadosHarvey Swados was a socialist novelist and essayist whose On the Line provided a groundbreaking fiction of American factory workers. His work combined left-wing politics with acute psychological observation.More by Harvey SwadosOn the LineNovel of factory workers and their struggles for dignity in postwar industrial Detroit→Out Went the Candle→The Will→CelebrationNovel about a worker's peaceful labor strike and community life→