The mine wars : the bloody fight for workers' rights in the West Virginia coal fields / by Steve Watkins.

Author/creator Watkins, Steve, 1954- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Bloomsbury, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description227 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents "One hell of a lot of bloodletting in these hills" -- "Human drift" -- "Judicious mixture" -- "You have stood and seen yourselves robbed" -- "Bloody Mingo" -- "So brothers you can call us" -- "The only message you can get out will be to God" -- "If thou dost not sow, thou shall not reap" -- "I reckon you thought I had horns" -- "If there's an agitator around you can just stick him in jail" -- "We have tried every possible way to end the trouble" -- "There can be no peace in West Virginia" -- "Primitive ferocities" -- "The boys need guns. Act at once" -- "An army of malcontents" -- "Time to lay down my Bible and pick up my rifle" -- "Actual war is raging in Logan" -- "It'll take the miners a week to bury the dead" -- "We was all just leaders, in a manner of speaking" -- "Hallowed ground" -- "Montani semper liberi".
Abstract "The true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [205]-212) and index.
Interest age level Ages 10-14 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Interest grade level Grades 4-6 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Awards noteBulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction, 2024
Awards noteSchool Library Journal Best Books, 2024
Issued in other formOnline version: Watkins, Steve, 1954- Mine wars New York : Bloomsbury, 2024 9781547612192
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formInformational works.
Genre/formCreative nonfiction.
LCCN 2024002829
ISBN9781547612185 (hardcover)
ISBN1547612185 (hardcover)
ISBN(epub)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 331.892 W327M ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner TRC Nonfiction 331.892 W327M ✔ Available Place Hold