{"product_id":"fire-in-the-hole-douglas-clark-9781638681724","title":"Fire in the Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe coalfields of West Virginia in 1920-1921 were a place of extraordinary labor violence between striking miners facing off against armed mercenaries employed by mining corporations. In the remote mountain valleys of Appalachia, a region made infamous by the Hatfield-McCoy feud, coal miners and their families lived at the margins. Coal mining was a poorly paid brutal and dangerous occupation. Mining companies controlled corrupt local government, exerting a form of institutionalized oppression described as corporate feudalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMine operators refused to negotiate labor agreements. Contracting with the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency as armed security, mining interests repressed striking miners causing the worst labor violence in U.S. history. Into this hostile environment a decorated former U.S. Marine and an activist female lawyer come to West Virginia and become drawn into the conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1638681724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638681724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virtualbookworm.com Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d","brand":"Douglas Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173173874943,"sku":"9781638681724","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1afdac88-054c-4cd6-957d-0becd42460e8.jpg?v=1727180205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fire-in-the-hole-douglas-clark-9781638681724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}