Daughter of the Hills: A Woman's Part in the Coal Miners' Struggle (Novel of the Thirties)
by Page, Myra
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- as new
- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0935312595
- ISBN 13
- 9780935312591
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About This Item
New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback As New. First published in 1950, a novel of the 1930s that did not appear until a decade after it had been written. Introduction by Alice Kessler-Harris and Paul Lauter and an Afterword by Deborah S. Rosenfelt. It is the story of a tough Appalachian woman as daughter, wife, and mother, who provides strength and inspiration to her family and community even when a coal mining accident took her husband's leg off and also his will to live. Based on a true story of family life and labor conflicts in the Cumbeland Mountains and the mining life. It is also a story of social protest and resistance to exploitation. 268 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1993, The Feminist Press at CUNY, New York,
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- Title
- Daughter of the Hills: A Woman's Part in the Coal Miners' Struggle (Novel of the Thirties)
- Author
- Page, Myra
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0935312595
- ISBN 13
- 9780935312591
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- APPALACHIA COAL MINING CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS SOCIAL PROTEST
- X weight
- 0 oz
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