The Battle of Blair Mountain
The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Robert Shogan | ISBN: | 9780786735945 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books | Publication: | July 26, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Shogan |
| ISBN: | 9780786735945 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Publication: | July 26, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Language: | English |
In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners-- outraged over years of brutality and exploitation-- picked up their Winchesters and marched against their tormentors, the powerful mine owners who ruled their corrupt state. For ten days the miners fought a pitched battle against an opposing legion of deputies, state police, and makeshift militia. Only the intervention of a Federal expeditionary force ended this undeclared war. In The Battle of Blair Mountain, Robert Shogan shows this long-neglected slice of American history to be a saga of the conflicting political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the power structure of twentieth-century America.
In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners-- outraged over years of brutality and exploitation-- picked up their Winchesters and marched against their tormentors, the powerful mine owners who ruled their corrupt state. For ten days the miners fought a pitched battle against an opposing legion of deputies, state police, and makeshift militia. Only the intervention of a Federal expeditionary force ended this undeclared war. In The Battle of Blair Mountain, Robert Shogan shows this long-neglected slice of American history to be a saga of the conflicting political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the power structure of twentieth-century America.
