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Which Side Are You On?: The Story of a Song

Hardback | English

By (author): George Ella Lyon

Illustrated by: Christopher Cardinale

Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world. Florence''s husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Many of the coal mines were owned by big companies, who kept wages low and spent as little money on safety as possible. Miners lived in company houses on company land and were paid in scrip, good only at the company store. The company owned the miners sure as sunrise. That''s why they had to have a union. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack union organizers like Sam Reece. George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence''s daughters, a dry-witted, pig-tailed gal whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters. The thugs'' bullets hit the thin doors and windows of the company house and the kids lying low wonder whether they''re going to make it out of this alive; wonder exactly if this strike will make their lives better or end them, but their mother keeps scribbling and singing. We need a song, she tells her kids. That''s not at all what they think they need. Graphic novelist Christopher Cardinale brings Florence''s triumphant story to life in true rip-roaring union style. See more
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Will deliver when available. Publication date 28 Jul 2022

Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 229 x 279mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Jul 2022
  • Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781950564149

About George Ella Lyon

George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. She is the recipient of the Publishers Weekly Book of the Year Award for Who Came Down That Road? and the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Catalpa.

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