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The Hamlet Fire A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

Bryant Simon

"Captivating and brilliantly conceived. . . [ For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses searching for cheap labor with little or almost no official oversight. One...

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The book, "The Hamlet Fire," details the tragedy of the fire at Imperial Food Products and its impact on the community of Hamlet, North Carolina.

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According to Brian Simon, who authored a fantastic book about the Hamlet fire called The Hamlet Fire, the state featured the lowest average hourly wage in the entire nation.

— Episode: 92. The Phantom (Imperial Food Products)

Episode: 92. The Phantom (Imperial Food Products)

The book, "The Hamlet Fire," details the tragedy of the fire at Imperial Food Products and its impact on the community of Hamlet, North Carolina.

"

According to Brian Simon, who authored a fantastic book about the Hamlet fire called The Hamlet Fire, the state featured the lowest average hourly wage in the entire nation.

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