Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The Miners' Showdown
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
The Devil Is Here in These Hills
Author: James Green
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192092
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192092
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
New Mexico Showdown
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324509
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324509
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
SHOWDOWN ON THE HOGBACK [New Introduction and Filmography]
Author: LOUIS L'AMOUR
Publisher: Renaissance EBooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A rarely reprinted pulp magazine novel from bestselling western novelist Louis L'Amour. Showdown on the Hogback was first published in Giant Western magazine August 1950 under the pseudonym Jim Mayo. Years later, as was Louis L'Amour's habit, it was rewritten as Showdown at Yellow Butte. Was any gunfighter ever in a worse predicament? Tom Kedrick found himself caught between two sides - and he was both those sides! Hired by a big land syndicate to drive out what he is told are dangerous squatters and outlaw gangs from a useless swamp, Kedrick soon finds he has been lied to and betrayed. What he finds is fertile is ranch land already claimed by the farmers and ranchers who have been living there peacefully, but are prepared to fight to the death to keep their homes. When Kedrick confronts the syndicate, he finds himself marked for death both by the syndicate's killers and the suspicious farmers. The cover for this ebook edition is reworked from the original magazine cover by George Rozen for Showdown on the Hogback (Rosen also provided covers for The Shadow and Doc Savage magazines during his long career) and was scanned from the publisher's copy of that issue of Giant Western. Also includes a filmography of stars, directors and screenplay writers for all the theatrical films made from the author's westerns.
Publisher: Renaissance EBooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A rarely reprinted pulp magazine novel from bestselling western novelist Louis L'Amour. Showdown on the Hogback was first published in Giant Western magazine August 1950 under the pseudonym Jim Mayo. Years later, as was Louis L'Amour's habit, it was rewritten as Showdown at Yellow Butte. Was any gunfighter ever in a worse predicament? Tom Kedrick found himself caught between two sides - and he was both those sides! Hired by a big land syndicate to drive out what he is told are dangerous squatters and outlaw gangs from a useless swamp, Kedrick soon finds he has been lied to and betrayed. What he finds is fertile is ranch land already claimed by the farmers and ranchers who have been living there peacefully, but are prepared to fight to the death to keep their homes. When Kedrick confronts the syndicate, he finds himself marked for death both by the syndicate's killers and the suspicious farmers. The cover for this ebook edition is reworked from the original magazine cover by George Rozen for Showdown on the Hogback (Rosen also provided covers for The Shadow and Doc Savage magazines during his long career) and was scanned from the publisher's copy of that issue of Giant Western. Also includes a filmography of stars, directors and screenplay writers for all the theatrical films made from the author's westerns.
Showdown in Raton
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
St. Louis Showdown
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232486X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232486X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Showdown in Rio Malo
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232438X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232438X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The Mustang Hunters
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232455X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 161232455X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Six-Gun Justice
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Winner Take All
Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612324584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description