The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story Of America's Largest

The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story Of America's Largest Labor Uprising

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.
Country USA
Brand Basic Books
Manufacturer Basic Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2006-07-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780465077731

The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story Of America's Largest Labor Uprising