Storming heaven : a novel

by Denise Giardina

Paper Book, 1999

Description

Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal, farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal company came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy-land deeds, private homes, and ultimately, the souls of its men and women. Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines. They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain-when the United States Army greeted ten thousand unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.… (more)

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Publication

New York : Fawcett Books, 1999.

Collection

Labor Movement

User reviews

LibraryThing member marient

Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal,m farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal companies came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy-land, deeds, private homes, and , ultimately, the soulds of its men and women.
Four people tell this powerful, deeply

moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum, fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd, gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines.
THey all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain=when the United States Army greeted 10,000 unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.

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LibraryThing member OracleOfCrows

Storming Heaven is a story told through four different characters about working in a coal mine in West Virginia. The story centers around the hardships face by the workers and their families; sickness, being cheated out of pay, and anger at the companies that have taken over their land. A little

slow going in some places, but worth reading.

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LibraryThing member rsplenda477

A really interesting and informative book about the coal mines in West Virginia during the 1920s. A great novel for the history of this state's most important resource.

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