Thunder in the Mountains The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21

Name: Thunder in the Mountains The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21
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ISBN: 9780822954262

ISBN-10: 0822954265

ISBN-13: 9780822954262

Edition: 1990 (Reprint)

Authors: Lon Savage, John Sayles

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The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops.nbsp; Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air Corps had been dispatched against striking miners. The origins of this civil war were in the Draconian rule of the coal companies over the fiercely proud miners of Appalachia.nbsp; It began in the small railroad town of Matewan when Mayor C. C. Testerman and Police Chief Sid Hatfield sided with…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 9/6/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English