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Author | : Brandon Kirk |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2017-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1455619191 |
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“Kirk’s marvelous tale of one of the bloodiest Appalachian feuds is a rip-roaring page-turner! . . . a good spirited read.” —Homer Hickam, #1 New York Times–bestselling author This riveting account is the first comprehensive examination of the Lincoln County feud, a quarrel so virulent it rivaled that of the infamous Hatfields and McCoys. The conflict began over personal grievances between Paris Brumfield, a local distiller and timber man, and Cain Adkins, a preacher, teacher, doctor, and justice of the peace. The dispute quickly overtook the small Appalachian community of Hart, West Virginia, leaving at least four dead and igniting a decade-long vendetta. Based on local and national newspaper articles and oral histories provided by descendants of the feudists, this powerful narrative features larger-than-life characters locked in deadly conflict. “Not only does Blood in West Virginia present a compelling narrative of a little known feud in southern West Virginia, it provides valuable insights into the local politics, economy, timber industry and family life in Lincoln County during the late 1800s.” —Dr. Robert Maslowski, President of Council for West Virginia Archaeology and graduate instructor at the Marshall University Graduate College “Tells a fascinating story that elevates the Lincoln County feud to its proper place in Appalachian and West Virginia History.” —Dr. Ivan Tribe, author of Mountaineer Jamboree “This book brings a deadly story to life. Author Brandon Kirk has done remarkable work in untangling the complex web of kinship connections linking both friends and foes, while detailing the social and economic strains of changing times in the mountains.” —Ken Sullivan, executive director, West Virginia Humanities Council, and editor of West Virginia Encyclopedia
Author | : Howard Burton Lee |
Publisher | : West Virginia University Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Download Bloodletting in Appalachia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Rebecca L. Boggs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : West Virginia |
ISBN | : |
Download The Bleeding Hills of West Virginia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Wess Harris |
Publisher | : PM Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2017-10-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1629634530 |
Download Written in Blood Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history. Combining new revelations from the past with sketches of a sane path forward, this is a deliberate collection looking at our past, present, and future. Sociologist Wess Harris (When Miners March) further documents the infamous Esau scrip system for women, suggesting an institutionalized practice of forced sexual servitude that was part of coal company policy. In a conversation with award-winning oral historian Michael Kline, federal mine inspector Larry Layne explains corporate complicity in the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster which killed seventy-eight men and became the catalyst for the passage of major changes in U.S. mine safety laws. Mine safety expert and whistleblower Jack Spadaro speaks candidly of years of attempts to silence his courageous voice and recalls government and university collaboration in covering up details of the 1972 Buffalo Creek flooding disaster, which killed over a hundred people and left four thousand homeless. Moving to the next generation of thinkers and activists, attorney Nathan Fetty examines current events in Appalachia and musician Carrie Kline suggests paths forward for people wishing to set their own course rather than depend on the kindness of corporations.
Author | : Ken Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Goldenseal Book of the West Virginia Mine Wars Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : James Green |
Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2015-02-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0802192092 |
Download The Devil Is Here in These Hills Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“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).
Author | : Muriel Rukeyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781946684219 |
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Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
Author | : Rick Steelhammer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2013-07-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493001655 |
Download It Happened in West Virginia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
It Happened in West Virginia takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Mountain State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Author | : Arnold Moltis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : West Virginia |
ISBN | : 9780963472502 |
Download Blood Rites in West Virginia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Lon Savage |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Coal mines and mining |
ISBN | : 9781946684370 |
Download Never Justice, Never Peace Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Savage and Ayers offer a narrative history of the strike that weaves together threads about organizer Mother Jones, The United Mine Workers union, politicians, coal companies, and Baldwin-Felts detective agency guards with the experiences of everyday men and women.