On Dark and Bloody Ground by Anne T. Lawrence
Brand: West Virginia University Press
Product Description
An oral history of the West Virginia Mine Wars published to coincide with the centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain. In 1972 Anne Lawrence came to West Virginia at the invitation of the Miners for Democracy movement to conduct interviews with participants in and observers of the Battle of Blair Mountain and other Appalachian mine wars of the 1920s and 30s. The set of oral histories she collectedthe only document of its kindcirculated for many years as an informal typescript volume acquiring an almost legendary status among those intrigued by the subject. Key selections from it appear here for the first time as a published book supplemented with introductory material maps and photographs. The volumes vivid conversational mode invites readers into miners lived experiences and helps us understand why they took up arms to fight antiunion forces in some of the nations largest labor uprisings. Published to coincide with the celebration of the Blair Mountain centennial in 2021 On Dark and Bloody Ground includes a preface by public historian Catherine Venable Moore and an afterword by Cecil E. Roberts of the United Mine Workers of America. show more
Condition : New
Author : Anne T. Lawrence
Weight : 324
Publisher : West Virginia University Press
Language : English
EAN : 9781952271090
ISBN10 : 1952271096
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20210730
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 175 Pages 4 Bampw Images 3 Maps
Dimensions : 141 X 215 X 14