{"product_id":"on-dark-and-bloody-ground-an-oral-history-of-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-9781952271090","title":"On Dark and Bloody Ground: An Oral History of the West Virginia Mine Wars","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn oral history of the West Virginia Mine Wars published to coincide with the centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1972 Anne Lawrence came to West Virginia at the invitation of the Miners for Democracy movement to conduct interviews with participants in, and observers of, the Battle of Blair Mountain and other Appalachian mine wars of the 1920s and '30s. The set of oral histories she collected--the only document of its kind--circulated for many years as an informal typescript volume, acquiring an almost legendary status among those intrigued by the subject. Key selections from it appear here for the first time as a published book, supplemented with introductory material, maps, and photographs. The volume's vivid, conversational mode invites readers into miners' lived experiences and helps us understand why they took up arms to fight anti-union forces in some of the nation's largest labor uprisings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published to coincide with the celebration of the Blair Mountain centennial in 2021, \u003ci\u003eOn Dark and Bloody Ground\u003c\/i\u003e includes a preface by public historian Catherine Venable Moore and an afterword by Cecil E. Roberts of the United Mine Workers of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952271090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.47d","brand":"Anne T. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40550689276085,"sku":"9781952271090","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_952b7be9-57d1-4f33-bd21-4b6d1abe6602.jpg?v=1626791890","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-dark-and-bloody-ground-an-oral-history-of-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-9781952271090","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}