{"product_id":"anywhere-but-schuylkill-paperback","title":"Anywhere but Schuylkill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHistorium Press\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1877, twenty Irish coal miners were hanged for a terrorist conspiracy that never occurred. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnywhere But Schuylkill\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one who escaped, Mike Doyle, a teenager trying to keep his family alive during the worst depression the nation has ever faced. Banks and railroads are going under. Children are dying of hunger. The Reading Railroad has slashed wages and hired Pinkerton spies to infiltrate the miners' union. And there is a sectarian war between rival gangs. But none of this compares with the threat at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the tradition of Upton Sinclair and Jack London, Michael Dunn gives us a gritty portrait of working-class life and activism during one of the most violent eras in U.S. labor history. \u003cem\u003eAnywhere but Schuylkill\u003c\/em\u003e is a social novel built out of passion and the textures of historical research. It is both a tale of 1870s labor unrest and a tale for the inequalities and injustices of the twenty-first century.\" -Russ Castronovo, author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Democracy and Propaganda 1776\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Dunn has created the characters that bring the 19th Century's Mine Wars to life for today's readers. \u003cem\u003eAnywhere but Schuylkill\u003c\/em\u003e will remind readers of John Sayles and Tillie Olsen and the best in the long tradition of labor literature.\" -James Tracy, co-author of \u003cem\u003eHillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Interracial Solidarity in 1960s-70s New Left Organizing\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Banshees of Inisherin\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e 1917\u003c\/em\u003e are two of the best historical films I've seen in recent years, particularly the cinematography. Yet the visuals Michael Dunn creates in \u003cem\u003eAnywhere But Schuylkill\u003c\/em\u003e are richer, more vivid, more imaginative, and more haunting and indelible than what I recall in those brilliant films. It's like the author transports himself to each scene and brings to life each physical detail, each expression, each emotion, and each word of dialogue with the care of a Renaissance painter.\" -David Aretha, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eMalala Yousafzai and the Girls of Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159443669055,"sku":"9781962465458","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/oWvuYjXlG49781962465458.webp?v=1776998619","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/anywhere-but-schuylkill-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}