Description: This book offers a bold and original perspective on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and the "Great Coalfield War." In a story of transformation, Andrews illuminates the causes and consequences of the militancy that erupted in colliers' strikes over the course of nearly half a century.
Brief description: Thomas G. Andrews is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Review Quotes: Killing for Coal arises from the rare and providential convergence of an extraordinary author and an extraordinary topic. With a perfect instinct for the telling detail, Thomas Andrews wields a matching talent for conveying, in crystal-clear prose, the deepest meanings of history. This is, in every sense, an illuminating book, shining light into a dark terrain of the American past and of the human soul.--Patricia Nelson Limerick, author of The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West