The West Virginia Coal Wars

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Did you know the coal fields of West Virginia were the scene of violence and strife between coal miners and coal company management in the early 20th century?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The West Virginia Coal Wars are often overlooked in US history. It is time that changed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Several lessons can be learned from what happened during the West Virginia Coal Wars. These confrontations led to developments in labor relations that define collective bargaining to this day. There were heroes and villains saints and sinners and a mountain culture that was inexorably changed. It is a story that is fascinating and disturbing at the same time.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book holds some fascinating tidbits of information many people do not know including the following:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>The impact of company stores</li><li>The role minorities played in the coal wars</li><li>The story behind the term redneck</li><li>Safety hazards the coal miners faced</li><li>Organizations that supported the miners and better working conditions</li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book on the West Virginia Coal Wars lets us look down the mine shafts of West Virginia into the dark world of exploitation and worker abuse that was common one hundred years ago.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The hills were alive with sounds of gunfire as coal miners and their union stood up against management. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>West Virginia Coal Wars</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a fascinating journey through the dark mountains of Appalachia and the struggle its people endured to win basic rights and respect.</span></p>