REVIEWS OF PM PRESS
EDITION
Click here to read the book review
by Dr. Burriss, Chair of the Appalachian Studies Department at Radford
University which appeared in the Summer edition of Appalachian Heritage.
"When Miners March is a volume
not to be missed by the labor historians, scholars of Appalachian Studies,
and persons interested in West Virginia History. A primary source written in
easily accessible style, William C. Blizzard's work provides a dramatic
account of the West Virginia miners' struggle to build the UMW."
James J. Lorence, Professor
Emeritus, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Marathon
County
"This is a very accessible and
salt-of-the-earth review of what West Virginia coal miners confronted on
their march toward winning dignity and respect in their profession. A real
treasure for anyone looking to understand the struggles of labor in the
mining industry."
Mark A. Martinez, Professor and Chair,
Department of Political Science, California State University,
Bakersfield
"I urge every person who believes in justice for
working families to read Bill's work. He understood that the fight for a
better life for the working class did not end at Blair Mountain."
Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers
of America
"William C. Blizzard's When Miners March should be
studied at every college and university level. There are lessons to be
learned."
Ross Ballard II, Department of Education, Johns
Hopkins University
"This engaging book, by the son of a
leader of one of the fiercest moments of coal miner struggles in the United
States, is a valuable contribution to the preservation of a history that
should be honored and never lost. Read it and weep, and cheer."
Harry Cleaver, Professor, Department of
Economics, University of Texas at Austin
"Each morning when I arise early to write, the
Postscript to When Miners March posted above my desk, serves as my mission
statement:
Some readers, some scholars, may protest this
writers 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 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."
Ron Moore, DC Special Interests Examiner
"Current events - notably the struggle for unions to
remain relevant and empowered, and coal's role in the climate change crisis
- make the writings both relevant and remarkable."
Kari Lydersen, In These Times
"When Miners March
is an extraordinary account of a largely ignored but important event in the
history of our nation."
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of
the United States
"When Miners March is a national treasure, a
recovered gem of American History which should be required reading today."
Jeff Biggers, author of The United States of
Appalachia
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