Dale Payne
Paperback, 168 pages
2011
Self-published

We’re excited to get this book back in stock after a long time of being unavailable!

The Paint Creek & Cabin Creek Strikes of 1912-13 are often understood as the climax of the first act of the West Virginia Mine Wars. Payne’s book is a particularly unique collection of first-hand accounts from people who lived through and experienced these events, including rare photographs from the time, and narratives built directly from the transcripts of Senate sub-committee hearings into coal town strike zone conditions in 1913 and a similar state panel review in 1912.

This is the raw story, brought to you by a dedicated Appalachian historian who lets the people stand in front and tell the story themselves!