Which Side are you on? : : the Story of a Song
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"Which Side Are You On? tells the story of a song which was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack the organizers like Sam Reece. Writer George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence's daughters, a dry-witted pig-tailed gal, whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters. The thugs' bullets hit the thin doors and windows of the company house, the kids lying low wonder whether they're going to make it out of this alive, wonder exactly if this strike will make their lives better or end them, but their mother keeps scribbling and singing. "We need a song," she tells her kids. That's not at all what they think they need"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781933693965
1933693967
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Cardinale, Christopher.
SUBJECTS
Reece, Florence, -- 1900-1986.
Miners -- Kentucky -- History and criticism.
Miners -- Songs and music. -- Kentucky