num_pages: 304
description: Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal, farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal company came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy--land deeds, private homes, and ultimately, the souls of its men and women.Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely, Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines.They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain--when the United States Army greeted ten thousand unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.
language: English
title: Storming Heaven
titlecomplete: Storming Heaven
genres: Historical, American, Classics, Adult, Labor, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 1922
places: West Virginia
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Weatherford Award
publisher: Ballantine Books