When Miners March

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When Miners March -- by William C. Blizzard (Author); Paperback $24

When Miners March Audio Drama -- by William C. Blizzard (Author); Dramatization by Ross Ballard II; 8 disk CD set w/ 16 song soundtrack $29

(JUST OUT!) the Music Soundtrack; When Miners March -- Featuring International Song Competition Winners $16

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Appalachian Community Services
When Miners March
229 Birtrice Road
Gay, West Virginia 25244

WHEN MINERS MARCH author William C. Blizzard has been featured by the History Channel on their prime time special, HILLBILLY, The Real Story. Audio drama and music sound track producer Ross Ballard also got "screen time" and project scholar Wess Harris provided countless hours of backgrounding for the production crew. Scenes on the Battle of Blair Mountain are more accurate than any prior documentaries. Check the History Channel web site for upcoming air dates.

When Miners March is the definitive history of the coal miners of West Virginia. William C. Blizzard wrote the text in the early 1950s while his father, miner's hero Fearless Bill Blizzard, was still alive and able to comment. Political realities kept the book in a box for more than half a century--unavailable to either scholars writing their own accounts of the mine wars or Union families seeking to pass on their own proud heritage.

The text has not been edited from the original (No Need. A Great Read.) but pictures and documents from the collection of William C. Blizzard have been added giving readers a first hand look into our Union roots.

An "INTRODUCTION" from the Postscript by William C. Blizzard:

Some readers, some scholars, may protest this writer's method of departing from academic "objectivity," and rooting enthusiastically for the coal miners. That is too bad, but we have no apologies. We want our writing to be read, not grow musty in the library of any elite coterie. This is a people's history, and if it brawls a little, and brags a little, and is angry more than a little, well, the people in this book were that way, and so are their descendants.

(c) Appalachian Community Service 2006