| Massacre of the Miners Contributor(s): Anderson, T. Neill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580895204 ISBN-13: 9781580895200 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - General - Young Adult Fiction | Politics & Government |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2014015800 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Series: Horrors of History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (0.85 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Geographic Orientation - Colorado |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 174223 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fourth book in the Horrors of History historical fiction series recounts the untold story of the Ludlow Massacre. Colorado, 1914. A tent colony of coal miners has been on strike for seven months, bargaining for fair wages and safer working conditions. The Snyder family--Eleven-year-old Frank, his parents, and his four siblings--are doing their best to hold firm with their fellow strikers in the face of threats from the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. But the simmering threat of violence from the Colorado National Guard and the company strike-breakers grows ever more oppressive. Something terrible is coming soon. On April 20, 1914, gunfire breaks out in a Colorado tent colony of coal miners on strike. Men, women, and children run for their lives or cower in crude dirt cellars under their tents. In a single day of chaos, six strikers, two women, ten children, and two babies die. These are the facts. But why did it happen? What was it like to be there? |