Green, James R.

Chronicles the contentious, protracted, and deadly labor struggle between powerful corporations and 50,000 mine workers, their families, and advocates such as Mother Jones for unionization and civil rights in West Virginia during the early 1900s.

Examines twentieth-century American workers' lives, including their time at home and on the job, and their voting patterns, with special attention paid to women, African-Americans, and immigrants.

Re-creates the events surrounding the 1886 bombing of a Chicago labor rally and the controversial trial and eventual execution of four men accused of the crime.