Strike!: Mother Jones & the Colorado Coal Field War - Softcover

Ruby, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865411417 ISBN 13: 9780865411418

Publisher: Filter Press, 2012

Synopsis

When the bloodiest labor dispute in U.S. history burst forth in 1913 in the coal fields of Southern Colorado, the miners knew whom to praise and the owners knew whom to blame. Mary Harris, known from New York to Colorado as Mother Jones, could incite a riot or calm a crowd with her powerful oratory.Mary Harris “Mother” Jones dedicated her life to helping workers organize unions to negotiate, even demand, better wages and working conditions. In the Colorado Coal Field War, did her call to STRIKE! help or harm? Were the deaths of mothers and children at Ludlow too high a price to pay for unionizing? "It is extremely important that readers of all ages know what happened at Ludlow, and the role played by that spectacular rabble-rouser, Mother Jones. Lois Ruby has told this gripping story with just the right balance of fact and dramatic power. The eyes of the nation were on southern Colorado in 1914, when much that has made America what it is-—the lives of immigrants, the conflict between corporate power and organized labor-—lay in the balance. This story will speak to our time as provocatively as it spoke a century ago, and this book will engage and inform anyone who gives it attention." –DAVID MASON, Colorado Poet Laureate

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Ruby lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but her imagination and interests take her far beyond the Southwest. Her first career as a young adult librarian helped prepare her for a new career as a writer. Lois is the author of fifteen books including the historical novels 'Journey to Jamestown', 'Shanghai Shadows', 'The Secret of Laurel Oaks', and 'Steal Away Home'.'Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War' is the result of years of research and a passion to tell the story of the feisty, cantankerous, and uncompromising 'mother' of the U.S. labor movement.Contact Lois about school visits, library presentations, and signings through her website www.LoisRuby.com or by emailing Authors@FilterPressBooks.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Filter Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0865411417
• ISBN 13: 9780865411418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 226