Storming Heaven
Autor Denise Giardinaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 1988
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 Rose 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.
"Brilliant, diamond-hard fiction, heartwrenching, tough and tender." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780804102971
ISBN-10: 080410297X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 107 x 179 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Ballantine Book.
Editura: Ivy Books
ISBN-10: 080410297X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 107 x 179 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Ballantine Book.
Editura: Ivy Books
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Recenzii
"Brilliant diamond-hard fiction, heartwrenching, tough and tender."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"THIS IS THE GRIPPING STORY OF A REAL CONFLICT. . . . Denise Giardina tells the miners' stirring story with a fierceness and passion. This is a fine, moving book."
--ANNIE DILLARD
"If we are very lucky, every few years there arrives a novel that is so moving, so instantly successful . . . that it towers high over much else that is being published. Storming Heaven is that novel."
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"An excellent book, full of fine observations and vivid characters . . . Giardina is a gifted writer."
--Chicago Tribune
From the Trade Paperback edition.
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"THIS IS THE GRIPPING STORY OF A REAL CONFLICT. . . . Denise Giardina tells the miners' stirring story with a fierceness and passion. This is a fine, moving book."
--ANNIE DILLARD
"If we are very lucky, every few years there arrives a novel that is so moving, so instantly successful . . . that it towers high over much else that is being published. Storming Heaven is that novel."
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"An excellent book, full of fine observations and vivid characters . . . Giardina is a gifted writer."
--Chicago Tribune
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Descriere
In 1921, an army of 10,000 coal miners took up arms and threatened to overthrow the governments of two counties in West Virginia. They were met by U.S. Army gas and bombs. Here is the story of how it happened--and where it all went wrong.