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Storming Heaven A Novel

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ISBN-10: 080410297X

ISBN-13: 9780804102971

Edition: N/A

Authors: Denise Giardina

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Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal, farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal company came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy -- land deeds, private homes, and ultimately, the souls of its men and women. Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C.J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely, Sicilian immigrant Rose Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines. They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain -- when the United States Army greeted 10,000 unemployed pro-union…    
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Book details

List price: $8.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 4.23" wide x 6.69" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Denise Giardina is the author of Storming Heaven, Emily's Ghost, and Saints and Villains, which won the Boston Book Review Prize. She is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and lives in Charleston, West Virginia.