The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields by Watkins, Steve

The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields

For fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deb Heiligman, a riveting true story of the West Virginia coal...
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Author: Steve Watkins
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The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields by Watkins, Steve

The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields

$30.49

The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields

$30.49
Author: Steve Watkins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

For fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deb Heiligman, a riveting true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history.

* "An essential historical account of the U.S. labor movement." -School Library Journal, starred review

A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Award Book
A 2025 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Book

In May of 1920, in a small town in the mountains of West Virginia, a dozen coal miners took a stand. They were sick of the low pay in the mines. The unsafe conditions. The brutal treatment they endured from mine owners and operators. The scrip they were paid-instead of cash-that could only be used at the company store.

They had tried to unionize, but the mine owners dug in. On that fateful day in May 1920, tensions boiled over and a gunfight erupted-beginning a yearlong standoff between workers and owners.

The miners pleaded, then protested, then went on strike; the owners retaliated with spying, bribery, and threats. Violence escalated on both sides, culminating in the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in United States history.

In this gripping narrative nonfiction book, meet the resolute and spirited people who fought for the rights of coal miners, and discover how the West Virginia Mine Wars paved the way for vital worker protections nationwide. More than a century later, this overlooked story of the labor movement remains urgently relevant.

Author: Steve Watkins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.24w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9781547612185
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
School Library Journal 05/03/2024 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2024 pg. 153
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2024 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Steve Watkins is an award-winning author of twelve books for young readers, including Down Sand Mountain, which won the 2009 Golden Kite Award for young adult fiction. He also writes books for grown-ups, and won a Pushcart Prize for one of the stories in his collection My Chaos Theory. He is co-editor of the online ideas and features magazine Pie & Chai, a former English professor at the University of Mary Washington, a longtime yoga instructor, and father of four daughters. He and his family live in Fredericksburg, VA.
stevewatkinsbooks.com


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