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Storming Heaven
Storming Heaven
Author: Denise Giardina
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, lo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393024401
ISBN-10: 0393024407
Publication Date: 8/1987
Pages: 312
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5 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: W W Norton Co Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 2
Want to know about coal mines in West Virginia, well here's your chance. There's happiness and sadness in this book. My father and grandfather were coal miners and it was a "must" read for me in my English class at West Virginia State College.
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Helpful Score: 1
This was a great historical, southern novel in which the characters were fully developed and the plot (real events in history) was gripping. If you want to learn more about Appalachia and the coal-mining industry of the turn-of-the-century, Storming Heaven is a wonderful resource (as well as the sequel "The Unquiet Earth").
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Fictiolized tale of West Virginia and the coal mining industry up to the Battle of Blair Mountain when the United States Army interviened against the Union. Story is written in character with local dialect observed.


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