From before the dawn of the twentieth century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia.
In The Devil Is Here in These Hills , celebrated labor historian James Green tells this story like never before..
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The fight for civil rights and unionization in West Virginia verged on civil war and stretched from the creeks and hollows to the courts and the U.
S.
Fundamental rights were bent, then broken, and the violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict.
Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance.
On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation\'s largest labor union, and the legendary miners\' angel, Mother Jones.
On one side were powerful corporations and industrialists whose millions bought political influence and armed guards for Their company towns.
From before the dawn of the twentieth century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia
