The Herrin Massacre of 1922 : Blood and Coal in the Heart of America

Bailey, Greg

McFarland & Co Inc（2020/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 178 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476681719

Full Description

In 1922, a coal miner strike spread across the United States, swallowing the heavily-unionized mining town of Herrin, Illinois. When the owner of the town's local mine hired non-union workers to break the strike, violent conflict broke out between the strikebreakers and unionized miners, who were all heavily armed. When strikebreakers surrendered and were promised safe passage home, the unionized miners began executing them before large, cheering crowds.

This book tells the cruel truth behind the story that the coal industry tried to suppress and that Herrin wants to forget. A thorough account of the massacre and its aftermath, this book sets a heartland tragedy against the rise and decline of the coal industry.

Contents

Table of Contents

Author's Note viii

Introduction

Prologue: 1922

 1. From the Earth

 2. The Liveliest Place in Southern Illinois

 3. Overburden

 4. Detonators

 5. First Blood

 6. Stop the Breed of Them

 7. Outrage

 8. Trials

 9. Prisms

10. Aftermath

Epilogue: Herrin Today

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index