| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: 1922 -- From the Earth -- The Liveliest Place in Southern Illinois -- Overburden -- Detonators -- First Blood -- Stop the Breed of Them -- Outrage -- Trials -- Prisms -- Aftermath -- Epilogue: Herrin Today. |
| Summary |
""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."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Illinois -- Herrin -- History -- 20th century.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining. |
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Illinois -- Herrin. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Strikebreakers -- Illinois -- Herrin -- History -- 20th century.
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Strikebreakers. |
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Coal miners -- Labor unions -- Illinois -- Herrin -- History -- 20th century.
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Coal miners -- Labor unions. |
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Massacres -- Illinois -- Herrin -- History -- 20th century.
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Massacres. |
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Herrin (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bailey, Greg, 1954- Herrin Massacre of 1922. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020] 9781476681719 (DLC) 2020045128 (OCoLC)1200037219 |
| ISBN |
9781476642215 (electronic book) |
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1476642214 (electronic book) |
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1476681716 |
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9781476681719 |
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