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Storming Heaven - Denise Giardina
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Storming Heaven
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Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely, Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines.They all bear witness to nearly forgotten... show more
Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely, Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines.They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain--when the United States Army greeted ten thousand unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780393024401 (0393024407)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
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This is one of my all-time favorite books. My great-grandfather, having come from Scotland where his family had been farmers, ended up in the "Scottish settlement" in eastern Ohio and found employment in the coal mines there. By the time of the coal mine war in West Virginia (early 1920s), he woul...
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