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

The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
by Robert Shogan

The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
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Author: Robert Shogan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN: 0465077730
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Basic Books

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

Book Review: Replete with errors
Summary: 1 Stars

Rather than repeat the numerous errors cited by others, allow me to recommend When Miners March: The Story of Coal Miners in West Virginia, by W.C. Blizzard. A factual account of the events by the son of Bill Blizzard.

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

"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." (Publishers Weekly)

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