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The Devil Is Here in These Hills
West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
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The Devil Is Here in These Hills
West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
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"The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I've ever read." —John Sayles, writer and director of
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On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel," Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown.
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Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, "gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today" ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
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On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel," Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown.
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Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, "gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today" ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
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Table of contents
- The Devil Is Herein These Hills
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Devil Is Herein These Hills
- Prologue
- PART I Casus Belli, 1890-1911
- Chapter 1 The Great West Virginia Coal Rush
- Chapter 2 The Miners' Angel
- Chapter 3 Frank Keeney's Valley
- Chapter 4 A Spirit of Bitter War
- PART II The First Mine War, 1912-1918
- Chapter 5 The Lord Has Been on Our Side
- Chapter 6 The Iron Hand
- Chapter 7 Let the Scales of Justice Fall
- Chapter 8 A New Era of Freedom
- PART III The Second Mine War, 1919-1921
- Chapter 9 A New Recklessness
- Chapter 10 To Serve the Masses without Fear
- Chapter 11 Situation Absolutely Beyond Control
- Chapter 12 There Can Be No Peace in West Virginia
- Chapter 13 Gather Across the River
- Chapter 14 Time to Lay Down the Bible and Pick Up the Rifle
- PART IV The Peace, 1922-1933
- Chapter 15 Americanizing West Virginia
- Chapter 16 A People Made of Steel
- Chapter 17 More Freedom than I Ever Had
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Notes
- Index