num_pages: 245
description: The award-winning Fire in the Hole is the tale of a young widowed lawyer swept up in the violence of the famous Colorado coal strike of 1913-1914 known to history as the Ludlow Massacre. Opposed by the coal companies, the union, Wall Street, and the federal government, Alex hatches a scheme involving the President to overturn martial law and settle the strike. A gripping tale of a woman who dares to go beyond the conventions of the day to find freedom and justice amid a power struggle so terrifying it would wrench the nation's conscience for decades.
language: English
title: Fire in the Hole
titlecomplete: Fire in the Hole (The Women's West)
genres: Historical, Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 20
publisher: University Press of Colorado