When Miners March

Chronicling the West Virginia Mine Wars of the 1920s, this first-hand account of the coal miners' uprisings offers a new perspective on labor unrest during this time period. Complete with previously unpublished family photographs and documents, this retelling shares the experiences of Bill Blizzard, the author's father who was the leader of the Red Neck Army. The tensions between the union and the coal companies that led up to the famous Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest open and armed rebellion in United States history, are described in detail, as are its aftermath and legacy. Addressing labor issues in contemporary times, this historical narrative makes clear the human costs of extracting coal for electricity.

• The Battle Of Blair Mountain: The Story Of America's Largest Labor Uprising
• The Autobiography of Mother Jones
• Matewan Before the Massacre: Politics, Coal and the Roots of Conflict in a West Virginia Mining Community (West Virginia & Appalachia)
• Thunder In the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21
• The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
• What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
• The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
• Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction
• Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
• Bloodletting in Appalachia: The Story of West Virginia's Four Major Mine Wars and Other Thrilling Incidents of Its Coal Fields