Год выпуска: 2006 Автор: Robert Shogan Издательство: Страниц: 271 ISBN: 0465077730
Описание
" The Battle of Blair Mountain is historical narrative at its best." ( Christian Science Monitor ) 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. "A mesmerizing, rarely mentioned piece of labor history, crackingly told." ( Kirkus , starred review) "Riveting and well researched." ( Library Journal ) "Concise, dramatic and authoritative."...
