This was posted on another list and I thought ya'll might be interested...I can't wait to get to the library !!!! Fran Namotka The following books are also interesting & informative to the way of live, etc. during that period: Life, Work and Rebellion in the Coal Fields; David Alan Corbin Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence & Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley; John Gaventa Bloodletting in Appalachia; Howard B. Lee Struggle in the Coal Fields; The Autobiography of Fred Mooney Civil War in West Virginia; Winthrop D. Lane for the NY Evening Post Appalachian People's History Book; Test by Suzanne Cowell (Pub: Mt. Education Associates, Southern Conf. Educational Fund - 3210 W. Broadway, Louisville Ky. 40211) Echoes of Love, An Appalachian Story; Robert P. Cassell, Trillium Press, P.O. Box 2063, St. Albans, W.V. 25177 (Mr. Cassell graduated from Magnolia HS, Matewan & MU, this work spans the history of the region from pioneer days through the coal camps of the depression era. The novel (pub. 1994) is in the form of letters to his daughter who was ill with cancer. Mr. Cassell was a featured speaker several yrs. back at the Matewan Homecoming, he passed away in 1996)