Above the slate
Subtitle: an Appalachian love story
By: by Lou Martin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: J. Stuart Foundation
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ashland, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Coal mines and mining -- Fiction.; Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction.; Married people -- Fiction.; Mountain life -- Fiction.; Coal miners -- Fiction.; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1930s Appalachia, Neva and Grady are tested in their marriage by the coal mines which govern their world. While Neva gives birth to their children and tends to their home, Grady is forced into a unionizing struggle which eventually pulls in Neva and the children.