Maggie of the Mill

Maggie of the Mill is a story about immigrants from northern Europe, rich and poor, legal and illegal, arriving during the 20th century. It describes their family’s struggle to integrate themselves into the America that we know. The story is told through the daughter of an illegal immigrant who arrives in 1906 and settles in a Massachusetts mill town. It is a romantic tale of the successes and tragedies that befall old Jock and Maggie the fiddle player, their rejection and then acceptance by the society in which they live.